ANSING, Mich. (WLNS) – A U.S. postal worker was caught on camera after literally throwing a package on the front porch of a Lansing home. Vince Vincent has lived in his home that’s just south of Lansing’s downtown for nearly 6 years. He says in the entire time he’s lived there, he’s never seen a […]
? RALEIGH, N.C. — For weeks now, mail delivery complaints have flooded into WRAL’s 5 On Your Side from across the Triangle. Complaints include misplaced packages, days without delivery and important mail arriving show up days late. 3 The problem started well before the busy holiday shipping season, but some say it seems to be […]
PENSACOLA, Fla. (WEAR) — It’s expected to be a record-breaking holiday season for deliveries. The United States Postal Service expects to deliver nearly 850 million packages between Thanksgiving and New Year’s Day. UPS plans to deliver 750 million and FedEx will drop off up to 400 million packages. All those deliveries are bringing out thieves […]
HAPPY VALLEY, Ore. — People in a Happy Valley neighborhood had their mailboxes broken into two months ago, and as the holiday season approaches, nothing has been fixed. “A pipe wrench or a pair of channel locks, they can grab a hold of it, they can twist them, boom, they’re in,” said Guy, one of […]
Horry County, SC (WPDE) — On Tuesday, Horry County police announced that they had recovered pieces of mail stolen from mailboxes all over the county. Now, we’re finding out more about how authorities found out about the missing pieces of post to begin with. Police say it was a postal worker who helped them crack […]
GASTONIA, N.C. — Gastonia police detectives are teaming up with federal postal inspectors after thieves broke into a local post office over the weekend and stole $20,000 in cash. Gastonia Police said sometime around Friday night into Saturday morning, someone broke into the post office on South New Hope Road, stealing three bags of cash […]
Turns out, it’s not just north Raleigh. After our I-Team report on spotty mail service in a handful of North Raleigh neighborhoods, our emails and social media posts have been coming in droves. More than 200 people wrote the I-Team with similar stories of slow mail service and, in many cases, occasionally no mail service. […]
U.S. postal inspectors on Sunday were trying to track down the person who put a suspicious device in an Oakland mail collection box. The threat forced two major streets to shut down for hours Saturday night. Investigators said it was not a piece of mail; it was a device dropped inside a blue collection box. […]
U.S. Postal Service inspectors are warning people about a spike in mail thefts from postal trucks in San Jose. There was a string of break-ins last summer, but the problem has escalated, officials say. The latest theft occurred on Impala Drive in San Jose last Thursday. Postal inspectors say the number of postal truck break-ins […]
Joplin, MO – The U.S. Postal Service says it’s “researching” a case that involved one of its workers tossing a package towards a Joplin home. Jade Schumann says she, along with many other people, have seen videos on the internet showing delivery workers throwing packages. But she never thought it would happen to her. Schumann […]