Rhode Island postal worker accused of stealing packages, drug trafficking, after 8 firearms, 88 pounds of drugs seized

PROVIDENCE, R.I. – Attorney General Peter Neronha today announced that a Burrillville man has been charged in Sixth Division District Court with gun and drug-related offenses following a joint investigation by the Providence Police Department, the United States Postal Service Office of the Inspector General, the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives, and the Attorney General’s Urban Violent Crime Task Force.

On Thursday, 54-year-old Aubrey Dante was charged with six counts of larceny of a firearm, four counts of possession of a stolen firearm, five counts of carrying a dangerous weapon while committing a crime of violence, three counts of larceny of over $1,500, five counts of possession with intent to deliver over one kilogram of cocaine, one count of possession with intent to deliver over five kilograms of marijuana, one count of possession with intent to deliver over one kilogram of heroin, and one count of maintaining controlled substances.

Judge Stephen Isherwood ordered Dante be held without bail and scheduled a status conference for October 29, 2026…

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