A U.S. Postal Service employee was charged after he allegedly threw hundreds of pieces of mail, including more than a hundred unfilled absentee ballots, into a dumpster.

DeShawn Bojgere, 30, of Louisville, Kentucky, was charged with delay or destruction of mail on Monday, according to a press release from U.S. Attorney Russell Coleman’s office. If convicted, Bojgere faces up to five years in prison, a $250,000 fine, and one year of supervised release after serving the sentence.

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