LANCASTER COUNTY, Pa. (WHTM) – A former postman has learned his fate following his conviction for conspiring to help deliver cocaine while he was working.

Carlos Medina, 57, of Lititz, was sentenced to 4 1/2 to 10 years in prison Friday morning by a Lancaster County judge. He was originally convicted on charges of possession with intent to deliver cocaine, criminal use of a communication facility, and criminal conspiracy.

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Lancaster County Assistant District Attorney Elizabeth Rall called the crimes “a great abuse of his job and position” as an employee of the United States Postal Service.

The charges stem from an investigation launched after Customs and Border Protection in Puerto Rico intercepted two packages bound for Lancaster County that contained just over 1,000 grams of cocaine each in March of 2022.

The packages were bound for real addresses, but to fictitious names, and along the same postal delivery route.

Authorities from the Pennsylvania State Police, Homeland security, and the Postal Service set up a sting operation and caught Medina delivering the decoy package to a co-defendant, who has not yet been sentenced, and another individual.

Medina told police that he was approached by an unknown Hispanic male about delivering the packages along his route, knowing the contents were illegal, and accepting $1,000 per delivery.

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