Former Postal Employee Sentenced for Stealing Mail

Former Postal Employee Sentenced for Stealing Mail

ERIE, Pa. – DOJ – 10/07/19 – A resident of Allegany, New York has been sentenced in federal court to 2 years probation, ordered to pay a $1,000 fine and complete 50 hours of community service on his conviction of theft of mail by postal employee, United States Attorney Scott W. Brady announced today. United […]

Colorado residents say USPS letter carrier is peeling out on private road

Colorado residents say USPS letter carrier is peeling out on private road

STRASBURG, Colo. — Mail truck burnouts! That’s how USPS customers outside Strasburg describe the driving habits of their letter carrier. Neighbors say they’re becoming more and more frustrated. “It’s been pretty consistent with him,” USPS customer Allison Harris said. “Driving very fast down the road and leaving the ruts in front of all the mailboxes.” […]

Puerto Rican Postal Service Employees Arrested For Conspiracy To Possess With Intent To Distribute Cocaine

Puerto Rican Postal Service Employees Arrested For Conspiracy To Possess With Intent To Distribute Cocaine

SAN JUAN, P.R. –DOJ – 10/08/19 – United States Magistrate Judge Silvia Carreño-Coll authorized a criminal complaint charging Edgardo C. Sánchez-Sosa, Guelvin Benítez-Carrasquillo, and Gellitza Ortiz-Martínez with drug trafficking, mail delay, and tampering with evidence, announced United States Attorney W. Stephen Muldrow. The U.S. Postal Service Office of Inspector General (USPS OIG), the U.S. Postal […]

Haitian Man Sentenced To Prison For Fraudulent Abuse of USPS Informed Delivery

Haitian Man Sentenced To Prison For Fraudulent Abuse of USPS Informed Delivery

BOSTON – DOJ – 10/08/19 – A Haitian man who previously resided in Florida was sentenced today in federal court in Boston in connection with the fraudulent abuse of the U.S. Postal Service’s (USPS) Informed Delivery electronic notification system. Peter Belony, 34, a Haitian national who resided in Margate, Fla., was sentenced by U.S. District Court Judge Douglas P. Woodlock to two years […]

USPS Relocation Expenses – Update offered on reimbursement requests

USPS Relocation Expenses – Update offered on reimbursement requests

All relocation expense reimbursement requests that USPS employees submit after Nov. 22 will be processed for payment on Jan. 2. USPS News Link – 10/07/19 – Postal Service employees who submit relocation authorizations from Nov. 22-Dec. 31 will not receive expense disbursements or reimbursements until Jan. 2, 2020. USPS established the Nov. 22 deadline to […]

Holiday Wreaths Featured on Postage Stamps

Holiday Wreaths Featured on Postage Stamps

What: The U.S. Postal Service ushers in the holiday season with four new stamps in a booklet of 20 featuring festive wreaths. Displayed on a door, in a window, or over a mantel, wreaths are symbols of joy and celebration, inviting the spirit of the season to enter the home The first-day-of-issue event for the […]

USPS truck stolen in Belmont Heights on Chicago’s Northwest Side

USPS truck stolen in Belmont Heights on Chicago’s Northwest Side

CHICAGO (WLS) — Chicago police are searching for a vehicle stolen from a Northwest Side neighborhood that witnesses described as a U.S. Postal Service truck. The suspected auto theft occurred Sunday afternoon in Belmont Heights near the 3400-block of North Overhill Avenue, Chicago police said. Residents, who asked to remain unidentified, said they saw their […]