A former US Postal Service employee from Hull has pleaded guilty to failing to deliver approximately 14,700 pieces of mail intended for customers in Brighton, Dorchester, and Mattapan, officials announced.  

Khalea Turner, 29, pleaded guilty Monday in Boston federal court to one count of obstruction of mail, according to a statement from the Massachusetts US Attorney Leah Foley’s office. 

Turner worked as a full-time letter carrier for the Postal Service from November 2022 until January 2025. In that role, he was assigned to several Boston-area post offices, including locations in Brighton, Dorchester, Fort Point, and Mattapan, according to court records.

Prosecutors said Turner rented a storage locker at U-Haul Moving & Storage in Weymouth. In January, after he stopped making monthly rental payments on the unit, authorities said they recovered approximately 14,700 pieces of undelivered mail from the locker. 

The mail was addressed to customers along delivery routes in Brighton, Dorchester, and Mattapan. Among the items recovered were US passports, jury notifications, government checks, education documents, and immigration paperwork, according to court documents. 

Turner was charged in late May, court records show. 

A sentencing hearing will be scheduled at a later date. Turner faces a maximum sentence of six months in prison, up to one year of supervised release and a fine of up to $5,000, according to Foley’s office. 

Turner’s attorney did not respond to a request for comment Wednesday.