SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico – 3/14/24 – On March 7, 2024, a federal grand jury in the District of Puerto Rico returned four indictments charging four U.S. Postal Service (USPS) employees assigned to the 65th Infantry Postal Office in San Juan, Puerto Rico with delay of mail in violation of Title 18, United States Code, […]
PROVIDENCE, RI – 3/15/24 – A Providence man pleaded guilty in federal court on Thursday to a charge of conspiracy to possess 500 grams or more of cocaine with the intent to distribute, at the same time admitting to a federal judge that conspiracy members kidnapped a U.S. Postal Service (USPS) worker at gunpoint while […]
RALEIGH, N.C. – 3/13/24 – A federal grand jury returned a 13-count indictment charging three men for their alleged role in a conspiracy and scheme involving the theft of checks from United States Postal Service collection boxes located in Wake County. According to the allegations in the indictment, one or more co-conspirators stole checks from […]
GREENVILLE, S.C. —3/7/24 – Takera A. Degree, 37, of Gaffney, was found guilty yesterday by a federal jury of stealing mail. Evidence presented to the jury during trial showed that in the spring of 2023, the Inspector General’s Office of the U.S. Postal Service received information about the possible theft of mail from the Gaffney […]
ST. LOUIS – 3/6/24 – Two men have admitted stealing mail from mailboxes in Chesterfield, Missouri. Christopher Ali Pate, 31, pleaded guilty Wednesday in U.S. District Court in St. Louis to one felony count of mail theft. Eryk Campbell, 28, pleaded guilty to the same count on February 20. Both men admitted stealing mail from […]
CINCINNATI – 3/1/24 – Lamarion Gray, 19, of Cincinnati, pleaded guilty in U.S. District Court today to armed robbery of a United States postal carrier. The agreement calls for a sentence of 80 to 100 months in prison. Gray is one of at least a dozen defendants charged in the Southern District of Ohio since […]
EAUMONT, Texas –3/5/24 – A Beaumont woman has been sentenced to federal prison for stealing mail in the Eastern District of Texas, announced U.S. Attorney Damien M. Diggs. Pamela Jo Rosas, 65, pleaded guilty to theft of mail by a postal employee and was sentenced to 37 months in federal prison by U.S. District Judge […]
BOSTON – 3/5/24 – A Fall River U.S. Postal Service (USPS) employee was sentenced yesterday in federal court in Boston for obstructing the mail by diverting multiple packages in his custody. Rafael De Los Angeles, 43, was sentenced by U.S. District Court Judge Indira Talwani to time served (approximately one day in prison) and six […]
RICHMOND, Va. – 3/1/24 – A former postal carrier with the U.S. Postal Service (USPS) in Richmond pleaded guilty yesterday to theft of mail. According to court documents, Wendy Lawrence, 40, stole mail, removing gift cards, checks, and other items of value for her own use. Law enforcement recovered stolen mail from Lawrence’s residence belonging […]
Montgomery, Alabama – 2/29/24 – On February 27, 2024, a federal judge sentenced 38-year-old Jermain Tyrone Holmes, from Dothan, Alabama, to 130 months in prison, announced Acting United States Attorney Jonathan S. Ross. The sentence followed his conviction for robbery of a postal worker. In addition, the judge ordered that Holmes serve five years of […]