Tuscaloosa Postal Worker Bribed To Deliver Weed

A Tuscaloosa postal worker took bribes to deliver marijuanna. Jocelin Latrice Betts, 28, of Tuscaloosa, entered her guilty plea to one count each of conspiracy to distribute marijuana and being a public official who accepted a bribe to deliver the mail.

According to al.com Betts provided two Northport addresses in June and July to an FBI informant for use in delivering packages containing marijuana.

Betts retrieved the packages from those addresses and accepted at least $300 for delivering two of them to the informant or a drug dealer who had introduced the source to Betts.

Betts faces a maximum sentence of five years in prison and a $1 million fine on the marijuana distribution charge and a maximum sentence of two years in prison and a $250,000 fine for the bribery of a public official charge.