Bizarre News of the Day

Posted by Jennifer on October 1st, 2008

Neither snow, nor rain, nor _ aw, the heck with it
By ED WHITE
Associated Press Writer

DETROIT (AP) — In a case that echoes a “Seinfeld” episode, a former postal worker has been charged with stealing thousands of pieces of mail that authorities say she had kept in a storage unit northwest of Detroit.

More than 9,000 pieces of mail have been recovered from a storage unit in Fowlerville, federal investigators said Tuesday. Authorities allege that Jill Hull admitted storing the mail because she couldn’t deliver it on time. Some mail has postmarks from 2005.

Postal spokesman Ed Moore said the case is a “black eye” for carriers who faithfully deliver mail.

“The sanctity of the mail is important to us and the American public,” he said.

In a 1996 “Seinfeld” episode, Newman (Wayne Knight) stored mail in Jerry Seinfeld’s storage unit instead of delivering it. Read More Here