Morris County Mailman Delivered Marijuana, Cocaine: U.S. Attorney

FLANDERS, NJ — A U.S. Postal Service worker from Union has been charged with taking bribes and distributing, according to Acting U.S. Attorney Rachael A. Honig.

Emerson Pavilus, 46, worked at the USPS post office in Flanders. From 2015 to 2020 he took money from two people in exchange for helping them ship drugs, including cocaine and marijuana, Honig said in a statement.

Pavilus would give them addresses in Flanders to which parcels could be shipped and then would intercept those parcels and personally deliver them to different addresses, according to the same statement.

Pavilus was charged on May 24 in a three-count indictment with conspiring to possess with intent to distribute cocaine and marijuana, receiving bribes as a public official, and conspiring to defraud the United States.

He could face up to 40 years in prison and a fine of $5,000,000 for the narcotics charge, with the minimum sentence being five years, if found guilty.

The investigation leading to these charges was a multi-agency effort, which included members of the Department of Homeland Security and the USPS Office of Inspector General, among others.

The effort is part of an Organized Crime Drug Enforcement Task Forces, which identifies, disrupts, and dismantles the highest-level criminal organizations that threaten the United States.