The arrest of an ex-contract driver for FedEx was announced Friday afternoon after he admitted to dumping hundreds of packages in an east Alabama ravine late last month.Blount County Sheriff Mark Moon announced around 3 p.m. Friday the former driver has been identified as Deandre Rayshaun Charleston, 22, of Adamsville. He was located a few days ago in north Jefferson County and confessed to dumping the packages in the ravine near Hayden five separate times between Nov. 17 and Nov. 24.Charleston was a sub-contractor driver who delivered packages for FedEx and was terminated by his company almost immediately after the dumped packages were discovered.Moon said Charleston is currently working for another delivery company and will be arrested once he completes his shift. The specific charge Charleston is facing has not been released, but Moon said it is a Class D felony.During questioning, Moon said Charleston was "very respectful" and "cooperative." He told investigators he was remorseful for dumping the packages and had made poor choices while dealing with a death in his family."I know there's a lot of people out there that want to just throw this guy away, throw away the key and never give him any hope of a life ever. That's not my intentions and that's not my hope," Moon said. "I hope this is a life lesson that can change him and give him a better work ethic, a better understanding of people's needs where he can move on from here and become a thriving citizen in our city, in our state."On Thanksgiving, drivers from around the country came to the Blount County location to load up the packages and take them to the Bessemer Distribution Center to deliver what was salvageable.Moon said out of those packages, 153 were able to be scanned and delivered, but 247 were not able to be recognized, making delivery impossible. Those packages were undeliverable due to un-scannable barcodes or illegible addresses and/or names. Moon said the total merchandise amount for the undeliverable packages was around $24,700.The sheriff's office said they are not sure if this case is related to the FedEx packages found dumped in another Alabama location a few days later.
The arrest of an ex-contract driver for FedEx was announced Friday afternoon after he admitted to dumping hundreds of packages in an east Alabama ravine late last month.
Blount County Sheriff Mark Moon announced around 3 p.m. Friday the former driver has been identified as Deandre Rayshaun Charleston, 22, of Adamsville. He was located a few days ago in north Jefferson County and confessed to dumping the packages in the ravine near Hayden five separate times between Nov. 17 and Nov. 24.
Charleston was a sub-contractor driver who delivered packages for FedEx and was terminated by his company almost immediately after the dumped packages were discovered.
Moon said Charleston is currently working for another delivery company and will be arrested once he completes his shift. The specific charge Charleston is facing has not been released, but Moon said it is a Class D felony.
During questioning, Moon said Charleston was "very respectful" and "cooperative." He told investigators he was remorseful for dumping the packages and had made poor choices while dealing with a death in his family.
"I know there's a lot of people out there that want to just throw this guy away, throw away the key and never give him any hope of a life ever. That's not my intentions and that's not my hope," Moon said. "I hope this is a life lesson that can change him and give him a better work ethic, a better understanding of people's needs where he can move on from here and become a thriving citizen in our city, in our state."
On Thanksgiving, drivers from around the country came to the Blount County location to load up the packages and take them to the Bessemer Distribution Center to deliver what was salvageable.
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Moon said out of those packages, 153 were able to be scanned and delivered, but 247 were not able to be recognized, making delivery impossible. Those packages were undeliverable due to un-scannable barcodes or illegible addresses and/or names. Moon said the total merchandise amount for the undeliverable packages was around $24,700.
The sheriff's office said they are not sure if this case is related to the FedEx packages found dumped in another Alabama location a few days later.
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