Now former Massachusetts postal employee sentenced to probation for stealing mail he was supposed to deliver

BOSTON – A former employee for the U.S. Postal Service was sentenced in federal court in Worcester for stealing packages he was responsible for delivering.

According to the Massachusetts Department of Justice, 35-year-old William J. Paige of Duxbury was sentenced by U.S. District Court Judge Margaret R. Guzman to two years’ probation. Paige was also ordered to pay $5,119 in restitution to the victims.

In September 2024, Paige pleaded guilty to three counts of theft of mail matter by a Postal Service employee.

Paige worked as a mail carrier with USPS in Whitinsville. Between January and February 2022, Paige stole collector’s coins and other items from packages he was entrusted to deliver, collectively valued at over $5,000.

United States Attorney Joshua S. Levy and Matthew Modafferi, Special Agent in Charge of the United States Postal Service Office of Inspector General, Northeast Area Field Office made the announcement. Assistant U.S. Attorney Kristen M. Noto of the Worcester Branch Office prosecuted the case.