Feds: NJ mail carrier distributed cocaine shipments along route
NEWARK, N.J. – Authorities say a letter carrier in New Jersey used her mail route to courier packages of cocaine for Puerto Rican drug traffickers.
Christina Nunez made an initial appearance in federal court in Newark on Tuesday. She was appointed a federal public defender, and the issue of her bail was not settled as of Tuesday afternoon.
The 30-year-old from Lyndhurst is charged with conspiracy with intent to distribute cocaine and mail theft.
Her boyfriend also has been arrested and charged.
Federal prosecutors say Nunez has been receiving packages of cocaine that were sent to addresses along her route or to her home since October 2010.
Prosecutors say she would pass the drug on to co-conspirators in Camden.
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