Former worker at a US Postal Service processing center in Roanoke pleaded guilty to stealing packages with prescription medication
A former worker at the distribution facility operated by the United States Postal Service in Roanoke has entered a guilty plea to the charge of stealing packages that contained prescription medication.
According to evidence presented in Roanoke’s federal court, Kevin Ayers admitted on Friday that he stole three packages containing hydrocodone that had been mailed from the Veterans Affairs Medical Center in Salem in January 2021. The packages had been mailed from the Veterans Affairs Medical Center in Salem.
Ayers “specifically stole these packages after feeling and examining them because he believed they contained hydrocodone pills,” according to a summary of the evidence that was presented against him. The packages had been passing through the processing and distribution center of the post office.
According to the terms of the plea deal, Ayers will be evaluated to see if he can join the Veteran’s Treatment Court, which is a program that helps veterans who have been charged with certain kinds of crimes.
If he is able to show that he has completed the requirements of the program, the charges against him will be dropped. The charge carries a maximum sentence of five years in prison.
