Posted on 04/01/2017 4:58:29 PM PDT by BBell
Carolyn Gray stepped out of her Rosecrest Lane home in River Ridge Friday afternoon (March 24) and was shocked to find the mailman on the ground in her front yard.
"He was laying in the grass, flat on his back," Gray said. "He had an armful of mail."
Gray, 79, and a couple who was passing by rushed over to help the letter carrier, later identified as Mitchell Molitor, 55, of Metairie. They weren't sure whether he had suffered some sort of medical emergency like a heart attack.
But Molitor's "wobbly" gait and glassy eyes convinced the couple to confiscate the keys to his mail truck and call in authorities, who eventually determined he had been driving around and delivering mail while intoxicated, according to an arrest report.
And it was not the first time.
Friday's arrest was Molitor's third DWI since 2011 and the second to involve the operation of a postal service vehicle, according to Jefferson Parish court records.
The U.S. Postal Service has remained mum about Molitor's criminal history and what, if any, policies the agency has to address employee DWIs. Molitor's most recent arrest left many in the community unsettled knowing that, despite two convictions for driving while intoxicated, he was still on the road as a representative of a federal agency.
"Why did the post office let him drive that mail truck?" Gray asked.
Repeat offender
Molitor remained jailed Tuesday at the Jefferson Parish Correctional Center on a $27,900 bond. His blood alcohol content at the time of arrest was 0.16 percent, twice the 0.08-percent legal limit, according to authorities.
In addition to DWI-third arrest, Molitor was booked with having an open container of alcohol, illegal possession of drugs without a prescription and false swearing to obtain two driver's licenses.
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Two of the folks I know have said that has changed. The postal inspectors follow them now to determine how long it should take. Both have had their routes extended. My one buddy has to bust his butt almost everyday to get finished in time. Now he does have some slack days but that is only because his mail load is not as high as other times.
Wow. I’m SHOCKED that a postal “worker” actually is expected to work. Will wonders ever cease?
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