COLUMBIA, SOUTH CAROLINA — 6/5/23 – Don Everett Peters, III, a/k/a “Pop,” 20, and Shylik Lamont Smalls, a/k/a “Mitch,” 21, both of Columbia, South Carolina, along with Elijah Rasue Dewayne Ellis, a/k/a “Smoke,” a/k/a “Black,” 20, of Valdosta, Georgia, have each pleaded guilty to their roles in the March 17, 2022, armed robbery of a […]
INDIANAPOLIS- 6/1/23 – Tony Cushingberry, 24, of Indianapolis, Indiana, has been sentenced to 30 years in federal prison after pleading guilty to murder and discharging a firearm during a crime of violence. According to court documents, on April 27, 2020, at approximately 3:57 p.m., Indianapolis Metropolitan Police Department (IMPD) officers were called to North Denny […]
SACRAMENTO, Calif. — 6/1/23 – Former U.S. Postal Service employee Edison Small, 42, of Vallejo, pleaded guilty today to theft of government property, U.S. Attorney Phillip A. Talbert announced. According to court documents, on May 24, 2022, Small climbed inside a trailer that a USPS truck was towing in Vallejo while the truck was stopped […]
5/26/23 – Just before midnight on May 20, 2023, Santa Monica Police Department officers patrolling in the 2000 block of 4th Street were flagged by a citizen who was chasing a mail theft suspect. Officers detained the suspect who was in possession of multiple counterfeit United States Postal Service Arrow keys (a federal crime). Other […]
BOSTON – 5/25/23 – Two Massachusetts individuals were indicted today by a federal grand jury in Boston for the armed robberies of United States Postal Service (USPS) letter carriers that took place on Nov. 29, 2022 in Mattapan, Mass. and Dec. 16, 2022 in Hyde Park, Mass. Myesha Lewis, 22, of Boston, and Kenneth Demosthene, […]
LOS ANGELES – 5/25/23 – An Inland Empire resident is expected to be arraigned this afternoon on federal charges alleging the use of counterfeit postage to ship millions of parcels as part of a fraudulent scheme that caused the United States Postal Service (USPS) to suffer losses over the past six months estimated to be […]
Memphis, TN – 5/24/23 – Sidney Poitier Pilcher, Jr., a/k/a Slimey Sidd, 21, has been sentenced to over nine years in federal prison for aiding and abetting in the robbery of postal carriers while brandishing a firearm. Kevin G. Ritz, United States Attorney for the Western District of Tennessee, announced the sentence today. According to […]
Southeast Seattle residents had to pick-up mail at post office due to high level of theft Seattle – 5/24/23 – The suspect in a series of mail vehicle and mail key thefts was arrested today on a federal complaint charging him with theft of mail and possession of stolen mail, announced U.S. Attorney Nick Brown. […]
PENSACOLA, FLORIDA – 5/23/23 – Charlie James Rhodes, 43, of Defuniak Springs, was sentenced to 45 months in federal prison after previously pleading guilty to charges theft of mail, bank fraud, and aggravated identity theft. The sentence was announced by Jason R. Coody, United States Attorney for the Northern District of Florida. “Frauds, such as […]
CAMDEN, N.J. – 5/17/23 – A Cape May County, New Jersey, man was arrested for misappropriation of postal funds, U.S. Attorney Philip R. Sellinger announced today. Austin T. Mahan, 42, of Cape May Court House, New Jersey, is charged by complaint with misappropriating approximately $65,000 in postal funds. Mahan appeared before U.S. Magistrate Judge Ann […]