Amazon Driver Fired After Trashing Dozens Of Undelivered Packages

A person is no longer delivering packages for Amazon after dozens of undelivered orders were found thrown in the trash in at least three communities across Massachusetts.

It started Monday, when a groundskeeper at Chestnut Hill Cemetery in Burlington came across a stash of packages in a trash bin. The responding officers made a bit of national news as they took it upon themselves to deliver the still-unopened packages, of which Boston 25 reported there were about 40.

"To ensure that everyone gets their merchandise in a timely fashion (and without too much red tape!) we are delivering the packages to the proper addresses," police said on Facebook.

That evening Swampscott police found "at least 15 packages addressed to Swampscott residents" in a trash barrel.

Over in Malden, someone found more than two dozen packages in a trash can at Forest Dale Cemetery.

Amazon said one person was responsible for all the undelivered packages. The company has recovered all the packages from police departments and is notifying affected customers who are seeing delays.

"This does not reflect the high standards we have for delivery partners and how they serve customers," Amazon said in a statement. "This individual is no longer delivering Amazon packages."