A former U.S. Postal Service mail carrier 34 year old Robert Gafford of Jackson Missouri, who both stole and failed to deliver customers’ mail was sentenced Tuesday to 14 months in prison and ordered to pay a 5-thousand dollar fine. Gafford worked out of the Cape Girardeau Post Office annex and was responsible for delivering mail on a rural route in or near Scott City, Missouri. In late 2021, the postmaster received complaints from a couple on Gafford’s route that they were not receiving mail and packages, according to evidence and testimony presented at the trial. When confronted by postal supervisors Gafford said that he didn’t like the location of the victims’ mailbox, according to court records. He was also issued a written warning.Problems continued and he was sentenced.