The former U.S. Postal Service employee who commandeered a mail truck and drove it the wrong way on Interstate 79 near Waynesburg early last year pleaded guilty to all charges Tuesday and will be admitted to a specialized drug treatment court.
Tyler Aiello Floro, 37, appeared in the Greene County Courthouse before President Judge Lou Dayich and accepted a plea deal from prosecutors that will allow for all charges to be dismissed if he successfully completes the county’s 18-month drug treatment program.
Floro took the mail truck from a post office facility in Moon Township on Jan. 22, 2023, and drove it south to Greene County where state police spotted the stolen vehicle and attempted to stop him. He then began driving the wrong way in the northbound lanes of the interstate near the Waynesburg interchange while dodging traffic for about two miles.
No vehicles were struck and police were able to stop the truck, although he resisted as troopers arrested him. Floro told troopers he had taken fentanyl earlier in the day.
