NEW ORLEANS, LOUISIANA – DWAYNE WEST (“WEST”), age 24, was sentenced on May 21, 2026, to one year of probation and a $100 mandatory special assessment fee by U.S. District Judge Carl J. Barbier, announced United States Attorney David I. Courcelle. 

WEST previously plead guilty to unlawfully delaying, opening and destroying mail in his possession, in violation of Title 18, United States Code, Section 1703(a). 

According to court documents, WEST, unlawfully delayed, opened and destroyed mail which had come into his possession while he was employed as a Postal Service employee.

The case was investigated by the United States Postal Service, Office of the Inspector General. Assistant United States Attorney Irene González of the General Crimes Unit is in charge of the prosecution.

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