A Massachusetts Amazon driver dumped numerous packages in a wooded area after feeling “stressed” about the deliveries.
According to a press release from the Lakeville Police Department, the Amazon driver “visited the Lakeville Police Department and reported that they left the packages on the side of the road at about 7 p.m. on Saturday because they were stressed.”
Police are not seeking criminal charges and have returned the estimated 80 packages to Amazon.
The driver intended to report the incident.
The packages were discovered on December 22 after Sgt. Shawn Robert “noticed items unattended in a wooded area near 63 Bedford St. Upon further investigation, Sgt. Robert determined they were three large totes full of Amazon packages that were spread out several feet into the woods.”
Robert told another officer upon discovering the packages, as per The Daily Mail, “I was like, ‘what is that? Is that trash?’ Then I was like, ‘that’s not trash, that’s Amazon.'”
“I am proud of the way our Lakeville Police officers handled and investigated this matter. At this time, we are not seeking criminal charges and are considering this a human resources matter for Amazon,” Chief Matthew Perkins said.
Amazon said that customers can expect their packages to be delivered.
The company said in a statement that it can “confirm all customer orders were reprocessed and redelivered, or are currently in the process of being delivered. We also thank Lakeville PD for finding and returning the packages.”
Last week, the Teamsters launched the “largest strike against Amazon in U.S. history,” the union said.
“If your package is delayed during the holidays, you can blame Amazon’s insatiable greed. We gave Amazon a clear deadline to come to the table and do right by our members. They ignored it,” Teamsters General President Sean M. O’Brien declared. “These greedy executives had every chance to show decency and respect for the people who make their obscene profits possible. Instead, they’ve pushed workers to the limit and now they’re paying the price. This strike is on them.”
