A rogue FedEx driver dumped packages into an Alabama ravine six different times, depriving at least 450 customers of receiving their deliveries before Thanksgiving, officials said.
The Blount County Sheriff's Office has not disclosed the name of the driver, however, several fellow FedEx workers spent Thanksgiving Day delivering the missing 300-400 packages to a warehouse, where they were scanned to be delivered to owners.
'Investigators have determined that the driver dumped at least six times making FedEx a victim of six different Theft of Property cases. As of right now we are looking at around 450 individual victims, some in Blount County some not, that investigators are attempting to work their cases,' Sheriff Mark Moon wrote on Facebook.
The department also shared pictures of the FedEx workers sent by the company from 'over all of the South' along with multiple trucks to complete the task, as the community thanked the drivers for sacrificing spending Thanksgiving eve with their families and loaded packages instead.
A sheriff's deputy meanwhile stood guard to protect the packages from thieves.
The shipping company said they are actively cooperating with law enforcement in the investigation that began on November 24 and that the driver has since been fired.
But those who had their packages dumped in the ravine say that firing the culprit is not enough. Chris Finchum, whose package with an Xbox bought as a Christmas gift was recently returned to him, demanded the driver be prosecuted for his actions.
'This wasn't no two- or three-dollar deal. This was thousands of dollars. People's hard-earned money that they work for just thrown off in a ditch somewhere. It's just like ok, fired him, good. Let's take him to court. Let's get him some charges. He needs to be prosecuted,' Finchum told news station 6 WBRC.
Alabama officers said the FedEx driver they believe dumped 400 undelivered packages in a ravine in did it at least six separate occasions. FedEx workers spent Thanksgiving Day delivering the missing 300-400 packages to a warehouse, where they were scanned to be delivered to owners
Chris Finchum, whose package with an Xbox bought as a Christmas gift was recently returned to him, demanded the driver be prosecuted for his actions
His wife, Andrea Finchum, said that although their packages had signs of water damage and the cardboard was wet, the Xbox inside didn't seem to be damaged
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His wife, Andrea Finchum, said that although their packages had signs of water damage and the cardboard was wet, the Xbox inside didn't seem to be damaged.
'It's heartbreaking that someone would take advantage of people when they are supposed to be delivering kids toys to them for Christmas,' she said.
The sheriff office said deputies responded to the area where the packages were discovered on the afternoon of November 24th
