Amazon driver stressed as police find 80 packages in MA woods

On December 26, 2024By Littum

Are you missing something under the tree this Christmas? A “stressed out” Amazon driver admitted ditches around 80 undelivered parcels in the forest just days before the holiday, Lakeville police said.

Lakeville Police Chief Matthew Perkins said around 2 a.m. Sunday, Sgt. Shawn Robert was on routine patrol when he “observed unattended objects in a wooded area near 63 Bedford St.” in Middleboro, police said.

After examining the items, the officer found three boxes full of Amazon packages spread out in the forest.

The location is near the Amazon.com fulfillment center on Commerce Boulevard in Middleboro.

Officers loaded the boxes onto a pickup truck and brought them back to the Lakeville Police Department, where they inventoried about 80 packages.

On Monday, an Amazon driver visited police headquarters and reported that they dumped the packages around 8 p.m. 19 Saturday “because they were stressed,” police said.

Police said they are not seeking any criminal charges and the driver planned to report the incident to their manager.

“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 consider this a human resources matter for Amazon,” Perkins said.

What happened to the packages

Since police had no reports of stolen or missing packages, they returned them to the Middleboro fulfillment center on Commerce Boulevard.

Elsewhere in the US, Amazon employees are on strike over holiday work

On Thursday, with days before the holiday, the The International Brotherhood of Teamsters launched what it billed as the largest strike against Amazon in American history. The strikes are being held at Amazon warehouses in New York City, Atlanta, Southern California, San Francisco and Skokie, Illinois. The Teamsters union is looking for Amazon to recognize a contract that includes higher wages, better benefits and safer working conditions.

The union noted in a release that Amazon workers without collective bargaining agreements also have the right to honor the strike and withhold their labor.

Material from a USA Today story by Greta Cross was used in this report.