NASHVILLE – DuJuan Butler, 33, of Antioch, Tennessee, was charged by a federal grand jury yesterday with unlawfully detaining and delaying the mail, announced United States Attorney Henry C. Leventis for the Middle District of Tennessee.
According to publicly available information, on August 3, 2024, Butler was driving a U.S. Postal Service truck while delivering the mail in Antioch. A woman happened to look out her window and saw Butler take baskets of mail from the Postal truck and throw them into dumpsters behind a strip mall. The woman filmed Butler and then uploaded her video to TikTok where it was viewed millions of times. Other Postal Service employees were later able to recover the discarded mail from the dumpsters.
If convicted, Butler faces up to five years in federal prison and a maximum fine of $250,000.
This case is being investigated by the United States Postal Service, Office of Inspector General. Assistant U.S. Attorney Nicholas J. Goldin is prosecuting the case.
An indictment is merely an allegation. The defendant is presumed innocent until convicted.