MEDFORD, OR — A former FedEx driver accused of stealing valuable packages, including thousands of dollars in cash, has been sentenced to more than three years in federal prison. Victor Manuel Chavez, 40, was sentenced Monday in Medford after earlier pleading guilty to single counts of Theft (from an interstate shipment) and Money Laundering.
Investigators said as a FedEx employee for four years, Chavez helped sort packages flown to Medford and routed to delivery trucks driven by Chavez and others. Chavez would reportedly identify packages he believed contained large amounts of cash and make sure those items wound up on his truck. Police say he took those packages home. Officials suspect the packages contained payments for out-of-state sales of Oregon-grown marijuana.
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