An affidavit filed in federal court on Monday stated that the shooting of a U.S. postal worker in Louisville was the result of a drug deal, according to our sister station WAVE-TV.
Eric Bennett was previously charged by the Commonwealth Attorney in connection to the crime. Now his brother, Marcus Bennett, faces federal charges of assault against a federal government worker and discharging a weapon in the commission of a violent offense.
Marcus Bennett could face a maximum of 20 years in prison for the assault charge and 10 years for the discharging a weapon charge. Those would run consecutively.
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The affidavit states that on the day of the shooting, postal inspectors received a tip that a person named MIZ was supposed to receive a package containing drugs via U.S. Mail about two weeks earlier. It says that mail carrier Da’Ron Lester kept the package and that’s why he was shot.
MIZ was later identified as Marcus Bennett.
WAVE-TV reports that Lester said Marcus Bennett confronted him about the missing package and when Lester said he knew nothing about it, Bennett told him to “stay safe.”
Lester has a history of misdemeanor drug convictions; the U.S. Attorney wouldn’t tell WAVE whether or not Lester will face charges in the case.
The Postal Inspectors also received two tips that Lester had delivered packages containing illegal drugs on his mail route and he failed to deliver a third package of drugs.
Eric Bennett was accused of driving the car from which the shots at Lester were fired. The affidavit says that Marcus was in the passenger seat.
