Illegal Immigrant Gets Prison For Bribing Postal Carrier To Deliver Drugs
by Alex Lloyd Gross
DeWhite Dawkins was a citizen of Jamaica but was living in Philadelphia, in spite of being deported in 2023, US Attorney David Metcalf said. When he returned to the United States, Dawkins started to sell marijuana in large quantities, US Attorney David Metcalf said.
In fact, he sold almost $500,000 in pot to be distributed in Levittown Pa . He paid a United States Postal Service carrier substantial bribes to deliver Priority Mail packages that contained marijuana to him and an associate. During his court hearing, he admitted that in exchange for the bribes, the carrier delivered some 15 parcels containing approximately 237 pounds of marijuana in total, which were shipped from California to addresses on the postal carrier’s route in Levittown, Pennsylvania. The marijuana in the 15 parcels was valued at approximately $450,000, officials said.
His sentence is going to be 7 1/2 years for the bribery and Nine years for the illegal reentry. He will be serving them concurrently.