BOSTON – 3.6.19 – A former Roslindale Post Office employee was sentenced today in federal court in Boston in connection with embezzling mail. Megan Hawes, 29, of Roslindale, was sentenced by U.S. District Court Judge Denise J. Casper to two years of supervised release and 80 hours of community service. In December 2018, Hawes pleaded […]
Norwalk Woman Pleads Guilty to Stealing Federal Annuity Benefits 3/5/19 – John H. Durham, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, announced that SYBIL F. BUTLER, 56, of Norwalk, waived her right to be indicted and pleaded guilty today in Bridgeport federal court to one count of theft of government funds. According to court […]
Under federal ethics rules, USPS employees aren’t permitted to misuse their titles, time or postal property. USPS News Link – 3/6/19 – The Postal Service is reminding employees that they aren’t permitted to misuse their position. This means employees cannot: Misuse their title or authority to further any private interest of their own Misuse government […]
Defendant: Antonio Pinheiro (DOB: 06/11/74) March 5, 2019 — Westchester County District Attorney Anthony A. Scarpino, Jr. announced Antonio Pinheiro, of Westtown, NY, in Orange County, pleaded guilty Monday (3/4) to stealing thousands of dollars’ worth of stamps from the U.S. Post Office in Peekskill where he was an employee. Pinheiro appeared in Peekskill City Court where […]
You’ve probably heard the saying about postal workers: Neither snow, nor rain, nor heat, nor gloom of night is going to stop them from delivering your mail. But the Occupational Safety and Health Administration doesn’t seem to agree. OSHA accuses the Arlington post office on Merrill Road of putting mail carriers in danger by requiring […]
A Berkeley mail carrier for the U.S. Postal Service has been charged with entering a South Berkeley man’s home without permission in January, according to court papers obtained by Berkeleyside. The mail carrier, LaMonte Earnest, and his wife Kate Hallinan, who is a defense attorney, have said Earnest was “just doing his job” and is guilty only of […]
SAN DIEGO (KGTV) – An Otay Mesa father and dog owner says he did a double-take after he says surveillance video revealed who was hurting his dog. Wherever Pupa the poodle mix goes, little Alfonso Jr.,3, and Regina,1, usually follow. Their father Alfonso Galindo calls the 7-year-old rescue a beloved member of the family, which […]
3/1/19 – The U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Office of Inspector General (OIG) is issuing this fraud alert to warn citizens of reports that DHS telephone numbers have been used recently as part of a telephone spoofing scam targeting individuals throughout the country. Spoofing is the deliberate falsifying of information transmitted to a caller […]
YOUNGSTOWN, Ohio – 3/4/19 – A post office employee accused of stealing at least 1,500 gift cards from the mail worth at least $47,000 is in the Mahoning County jail. Jennifer Riccardi, 46, of Cleveland is scheduled to appear before a federal judge on Tuesday who will consider a motion to revoke her bond. Riccardi, […]
Natchez, Miss. – 3/1/19 – Virginia Perkins, 49, of Lake, Mississippi, pled guilty today before Senior U.S. District Judge David Bramlette III to delay or destruction of U.S. mail by a postal employee, announced U.S. Attorney Mike Hurst and Special Agent in Charge Christopher Cave, U.S. Postal Service Office of Inspector General (OIG), Southern Area […]