According to court documents, on May 11, 2023, Pomeroy intentionally dumped a large plastic bag with the mail into a trash can outside of a gas station. A motive was not made clear in court records.

It removed all trash cans from its station premises following the end of ... trashed their trash cans following a sarin nerve gas attack on the Tokyo subway system in 1995 by the Aum Shinrikyo ...