A mail carrier from Fayetteville pleaded guilty Tuesday to disclosing confidential information relating to a federal investigation.

Randall T. Smith, 53, "was entrusted as a postal employee with sensitive information and chose the wrong side," said Martin D. Phanco, postal inspector in charge of the Atlanta Division.

According to federal authorities, Smith, who worked for the U.S. Postal Service in East Point, in June, 2008, disclosed confidential information to the occupant of a residence that was the target of an investigation.

Smith is expected to be sentenced on the misdemeanor charge in January and could receive a maximum sentence of one year in prison and a fine of up to $100,000.

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Senate Majority Leader John Thune, R-S.D. (center) is flanked by GOP whip Sen. John Barrasso, R-Wyo. (left) and Finance Committee Chairman Mike Crapo, R-Idaho, as Thune speak to reporters at the Capitol in Washington on Tuesday, July 1, 2025. Earlier Tuesday, the Senate passed the budget reconciliation package of President Donald Trump's signature bill of big tax breaks and spending cuts. (J. Scott Applewhite/AP)

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