A U.S. Postal Service mail carrier is in jail after authorities discovered he was allegedly delivering a lot more than letters and magazines on his Chicago route.
Christopher Baxter was formally charged Saturday with one felony count of manufacturing or delivering cannabis, according to the Cook County Sheriff's Office. A Cook County judge ordered Baxter held on $100,000 bail and on Sunday he remained in custody.
Prosecutors say that postal service inspectors were conducting surveillance on Baxter when they saw the 36-year-old mail carrier make a number of hand-to-hand drug deals while he was on duty, according to the Chicago Tribune.
They alerted Chicago police and after Baxter admitted to police that he had a "pound of weed," officers found marijuana, a digital scale, plastic bags and a heat sealer inside his postal bag.
Baxter will next be due in court on July 13, according to the Cook County Sheriff's Office.
