NEWPORT NEWS, Va. – 6/17/26 – A Portsmouth man was sentenced today to 14 years in prison for unlawful possession of a machinegun, robbery of property, and brandishing a firearm during a crime of violence. According to court documents, on July 11, 2024, a masked individual approached a U.S. Postal Service (USPS) mail carrier on […]
GREAT FALLS – 6/17/26 – A Bainville woman who used a system of recording fake USPS money orders that she then cashed out to herself was sentenced today to time-served, followed by three years of supervised release, Acting U.S. Attorney Mark Steger Smith said. She was also ordered to repay USPS the amount of money […]
This Missouri carrier technician helped a crime ring steal mail USPS News Link – A former carrier technician in Missouri was recently sentenced to one year in federal prison and ordered to repay nearly $22,000 for stealing checks and selling her arrow key to a criminal organization. An arrow key — which allows access to […]
BOSTON – 6/16/26 – A former United States Post Office employee pleaded guilty yesterday in federal court in Boston to failing to deliver approximately 14,700 pieces of mail to U.S. Postal customers in Brighton, Dorchester and Mattapan. Khalea Turner, 29, of Hull, pleaded guilty to one count of obstruction of mails. A sentencing hearing will […]
GREENEVILLE, TN – On June 10, 2026, George Herman Ruth, 70, of Morristown, was sentenced to 132 months’ imprisonment by the Honorable Clifton Corker, United States District Judge, in the Eastern District of Tennessee at Greeneville. Today’s sentence followed Ruth’s prior entry of a guilty plea to twenty-five separate counts of mail fraud in connection […]
SAVANNAH, Georgia: 6/10/26 – A federal judge has ordered two defendants to be confined in federal prison after conviction for mail theft, bank fraud and identity theft. The sentences were imposed by U.S. District Court Judge J. Randal Hall and announced by Margaret E. “Meg” Heap, U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of Georgia. Joshua […]
Tallahassee, Florida –6/8/26 – Taija Avion Smith, 25, and Jaheed Anthony Williams, 24, both of Tallahassee, Florida, pleaded guilty in federal court to conspiracy to commit mail theft, theft of a mail key, bank fraud conspiracy, and multiple counts of aggravated identity theft. Williams also pleaded guilty to 14 counts of bank fraud. The plea […]
SAN JOSE – 6/2/26 – Robert Cordova, also known as Robert Cordona, was sentenced today to 129 months in federal prison for robbing and assaulting a U.S. Postal Service letter carrier. U.S. District Judge Beth Labson Freeman handed down the sentence. Cordova, 51, of San Jose, was indicted by a federal grand jury on January […]
BOSTON – 5/29/26 – A former U.S. Postal Service mail carrier was sentenced today in federal court in Boston for stealing packages containing prescription medications from postal customers on his postal route. Michael Vernon, 53, of Waltham, Mass., was sentenced by U.S. District Court Judge Brian E. Murphy to time served (one day) to be […]
WICHITA, KAN. – 5/26/26 – A former U.S. Postal Service (USPS) employee pleaded guilty to using her position as postmaster to steal tens of thousands of dollars in government funds. According to court documents, Joyce L. Smith, 51, of Wichita pleaded guilty to one count of theft by government employee. Smith previously worked as the […]