Postal Bulletin 22650 – 5/16/24 USPS is holding a series of virtual seminars on the new Postal Service Health Benefits (PSHB) Program that takes effect January 1, 2025. PSHB is a new, separate program within the Federal Employees Health Benefits Program and will be administered by the U.S. Office of Personnel Management. USPS employees, annuitants, […]
5/15/24 – Three men pleaded guilty to stealing a U.S. Postal Service arrow key, announced U.S. Attorney for the Northern District of Texas Leigha Simonton. Jlynn Laneil Dunn, age 21, Daylin Darden, age 24, and D Colby Vashion Lewis, age 23, were charged via criminal complaint in February and indicted the following month. Each pleaded […]
NALC: On May 16, Sens. Kirsten Gillibrand (D-NY) and Josh Hawley (R-MO) introduced the Protect Our Letter Carriers Act (H.R. 7629/S. 4356). The Senate companion bill comes after Reps. Brian Fitzpatrick (R-PA) and Greg Landsman (D-OH) introduced the bill in the House in March, which currently has 71 cosponsors. The bipartisan legislation, which mirrors H.R. […]
CAMDEN, N.J. – 5/15/24 – A manager for a drug trafficking organization that purchased over 100 kilograms of cocaine in Puerto Rico and shipped the kilograms to residences in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, and southern New Jersey was sentenced to 120 months in prison for his role in the conspiracy, U.S. Attorney Philip R. Sellinger announced today. […]
WICHITA, KAN. – 5/15/24 – A federal grand jury in Wichita returned separate indictments charging two former employees of the U.S. Postal service with stealing the contents of mail. According to court documents, Alexa Garner-Cavender, 36, of Wichita is charged with four counts of theft of mail by a postal employee. Garner-Cavender is accused of […]
One day’s haul Included over $1Million in checks PROVIDENCE, RI – 5/15/24 – Seven individuals, all former or current employees of the U.S. Postal Service, have been charged in federal court with conspiracy and theft of mail for their alleged participation in an alleged mail theft ring spanning from early 2023 through the beginning of […]
SACRAMENTO, Calif. — 5/13/24 – Carlos Aranda, 41, and Daniel Hunt, 38 both of Sacramento, were sentenced today to 66 and 57 months in prison, respectively, for conspiracy, bank fraud, and aggravated identity theft connected to postal thefts, United States Attorney Phillip A. Talbert announced. According to court documents, Aranda, Hunt, and others engaged in […]
PROVIDENCE, R.I. – 5/13/24 – A federal judge on Monday sentenced a Providence man in connection with the robbery and assault of a U.S, Postal Service carrier and the trafficking of more than 500 grams of cocaine, announced United States Attorney Zachary A. Cunha. United States District Judge William E. Smith sentenced Juan Bautista Rosario-Sandoval, […]
CAMDEN, N.J. – 5/13/24 – A Cape May County, New Jersey, man today admitted misappropriating postal funds, U.S. Attorney Philip R. Sellinger announced. Austin T. Mahan, 44, of Cape May Court House, New Jersey, pleaded guilty before U.S. District Judge Christine P. O’Hearn to an information charging him with misappropriating over $1,000 in postal funds. […]
WASHINGTON, DC – 5/13/24 – In a letter sent to U.S. Senator Gary Peters, Chairman of the Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee, following his repeated calls to stop implementation of changes to the United States Postal Service (USPS) mail delivery network, Postmaster General Louis DeJoy has committed to pause changes planned at the Iron […]