Valassis Communications Inc., and its Windsor operation formerly known as Advo, joined the U.S. Postal Service and the National Center for Missing & Exploited Children on Thursday to mark the 25th anniversary of its campaign to find missing children. The “Have You Seen Me?” program distributes photos of missing children through direct-mail advertisements, newspaper inserts, […]
Opelika – Auburn News Opelika, Alabama The Memorial Day holiday will be a time for many to relax. For the officers of the U.S. Postal Inspection Service, it will be a time to regroup. Residents will soon be receiving flyers again seeking their help in the ongoing investigation into the 2009 murder of Tony W. […]
Up to 1000 children using Facebook and Bebo may be unknown victims of the advances of a sexual predator in the south west of the United Kingdom, according to police reports. Michael Williams, a 28-year-old postal worker, used his routes as a postman to meet children and engage in innocent conversation, whereby he would learn […]
Remember those mail bags that went missing last winter? Montana farm workers found them. The two bright orange priority mail bags apparently fell from the open hatch of a mail plane. At first, the Postal Service thought they might be in the Bob Marshall Wilderness, but later figured they were probably closer to Great Falls. […]
from Charles Mapa, President National League of Postmasters Legislation There are some tremendously important legislative issues coming up that have not yet reached the stage of being introduced as bills, but are nonetheless, receiving plenty of attention in various places in Washington DC. On the one hand, some of the legislative movement is promising in what […]
The United States Postal Service announced Wednesday night that it will close its processing center in Lima, OH. Its district representative said the post office will save $2.2 million annually but cannot substantiate the claim. “I don’t have a breakdown. You’d have to request that through the Freedom of Information Act because a lot of […]
Testimony of California State Association of Letter Carriers – Sacramento PRC Field Hearing — May 12, 2010 Good morning Commissioners Acton and Hammond. Thank you for inviting me to testify. My name is John Beaumont and I am the President of the California State Association of Letter Carriers, which is comprised of 40,000 city letter […]
May 24, 2010 SACRAMENTO, Calif. — United States Attorney Benjamin B. Wagner announced that United States Postal Service employee Shawn Michael Wardinski, 25, of Redding, pleaded guilty today before United States District Judge Frank C. Damrell Jr. to stealing prescription drugs from the mail. This case is the product of a joint investigation by the […]
April 23, 2010 (HOUSTON) – A former 20-year postal employee has pleaded guilty to stealing money from the U.S. Mail while on duty, United States Attorney Josè Angel Moreno announced today. Betty Jo Patterson, 52, of Houston, was indicted on March 17, 2010, and charged with one count of theft of a mail by a […]
April 8, 2010 (BROWNSVILLE, Texas) – A former U.S. Postal Service employee and two others were sentenced to prison today for using the post office to distribute marijuana, United States Attorney José Angel Moreno announced today. Eva Zamora, 45, of San Benito, Texas, a former United States Postal Service (USPS) employee, along with Juana Pesina-Sierra, […]