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Washington D.C. Post Office Manager Guilty of Bribery and Marijuana Conspiracy
A devastating blow to the U.S. Postal Service has been dealt as Deenvaughn Rowe, a 48-year-old post office manager, and two letter carriers have been found guilty of bribery and conspiracy to distribute marijuana in Washington D.C.
According to evidence presented at trial, Rowe, who was the Acting Manager of the River Terrace Post Office, used his USPS computer to track packages containing marijuana mailed from the West Coast to the Lamond-Riggs Post Office in Washington, D.C. These packages were typically addressed to fictitious individuals or non-existent addresses.
Once the packages arrived at the Lamond-Riggs Post Office, Rowe would coordinate the delivery of the packages with Lamond-Riggs Post Office Letter Carrier Kendra Brantley, 32, of Washington, D.C., and Carrier Technician Alicia Norman, 39, also of Washington, D.C., by cell phone and text message.
The evidence presented at trial showed that once the packages of marijuana arrived at the Lamond-Riggs Post Office, Brantley and Norman would load the packages into their postal vehicles, and, in coordination with Rowe, deliver them to individuals they met on the street in exchange for cash.
Rowe’s scheme involved using his USPS computer to track packages containing marijuana, while Brantley and Norman would load the packages into their postal vehicles and deliver them to individuals in exchange for cash.
Norman will be sentenced on September 12, Brantley on September 15, and Rowe on October 2, before the Honorable Tanya S. Chutkan, U.S. District Judge for the District of Columbia.
This case was investigated by the USPS Office of the Inspector General’s Capital Metro Field Office, and the Postal Inspection Service’s Washington Division. Trial Attorneys Mark J. Cipolletti, Shamiso Maswoswe, Molly Gaston, and Nicholas Connor of the Criminal Division’s Public Integrity Section are prosecuting the case.
Key Facts
- State: District of Columbia
- Category: Drug Trafficking|Public Corruption
- Source: DOJ Press Release â†â€â€
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