US man dumped 400 FedEx packages because he didn’t want to deliver them
- Deandre Rayshaun Charleston, 22, said he was dealing with a death in the family and was sorry, a sheriff said
- He now faces five warrants for cargo theft; addresses could not be determined for 250 of the packages, thought to be worth US$25,000 in total
A man dumped hundreds of FedEx packages in a roadside ditch in Alabama, later saying he was dealing with a death in the family and did not want to deliver the items, a sheriff said on Friday.
Blount County Sheriff Mark Moon identified the suspect as 22-year-old Deandre Rayshaun Charleston of Adamsville, Alabama. Charleston was facing five warrants for cargo theft. It was not clear whether he had a lawyer.
Charleston was out making deliveries for another company on Friday, and sheriff’s officials expected to take him into custody at the end of the day, Moon said.
“It appears that he was very sorrowful for what he had done and just admitted that he was having some hard times in his life and made poor choices,” Moon said. “Hopefully, this will be one of those very hard life lessons that he will learn from and be able to move forward in his life. That’s what we really want.”
The packages were discovered in November in a ravine on private property near the small town of Hayden about 30 miles (50km) north of Birmingham, authorities have said.