from Charles Mapa, President National League of Postmasters Legislation There are some tremendously important legislative issues coming up that have not yet reached the stage of being introduced as bills, but are nonetheless, receiving plenty of attention in various places in Washington DC. On the one hand, some of the legislative movement is promising in what […]
The United States Postal Service announced Wednesday night that it will close its processing center in Lima, OH. Its district representative said the post office will save $2.2 million annually but cannot substantiate the claim. “I don’t have a breakdown. You’d have to request that through the Freedom of Information Act because a lot of […]
Testimony of California State Association of Letter Carriers – Sacramento PRC Field Hearing — May 12, 2010 Good morning Commissioners Acton and Hammond. Thank you for inviting me to testify. My name is John Beaumont and I am the President of the California State Association of Letter Carriers, which is comprised of 40,000 city letter […]
May 24, 2010 SACRAMENTO, Calif. — United States Attorney Benjamin B. Wagner announced that United States Postal Service employee Shawn Michael Wardinski, 25, of Redding, pleaded guilty today before United States District Judge Frank C. Damrell Jr. to stealing prescription drugs from the mail. This case is the product of a joint investigation by the […]
April 23, 2010 (HOUSTON) – A former 20-year postal employee has pleaded guilty to stealing money from the U.S. Mail while on duty, United States Attorney Josè Angel Moreno announced today. Betty Jo Patterson, 52, of Houston, was indicted on March 17, 2010, and charged with one count of theft of a mail by a […]
April 8, 2010 (BROWNSVILLE, Texas) – A former U.S. Postal Service employee and two others were sentenced to prison today for using the post office to distribute marijuana, United States Attorney José Angel Moreno announced today. Eva Zamora, 45, of San Benito, Texas, a former United States Postal Service (USPS) employee, along with Juana Pesina-Sierra, […]
April 21, 2010 POSTAL EMPLOYEE CHARGED IN THEFT OF MAIL Allegedly Rifled Over 1200 Greeting Cards, Stealing Cash, Checks and Gift Cards Baltimore, Maryland – A criminal complaint has been filed charging Postal Service employee Andrew C. Walsh, age 51, of Cockeysville, Maryland, with theft of mail. Walsh was arrested at home last night. At […]
FORMER ELEROY POSTAL EMPLOYEE CHARGED WITH MISAPPROPRIATING POSTAL FUNDS AND CONVERTING MONEY ORDERS April 20, 2010 ROCKFORD – PATRICK J. FITZGERALD, United States Attorney for the Northern District of Illinois, together with L. SCOTT CASPALL, Special Agent-in-Charge of the Great Lakes Field Office of the United States Postal Service Office of Inspector General, today made […]
Acting United States Attorney Robert S. Cessar announced today, March 30, 2010, that Robert S. Paieski of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, has been indicted by a federal grand jury in Pittsburgh on a charge of Delay or Destruction of Mail by a Postal Employee. The one?count indictment named Paieski, age 39, as the sole defendant. According to […]
Acting United States Attorney Robert S. Cessar announced today, April 7, 2010, that Brenda L. Barnett, a resident of West Sunbury, Butler County, Pennsylvania, has been sentenced in federal court in Pittsburgh to 5 months imprisonment (time served), 3 years supervised release and ordered her to pay $9,100.00 restitution to the United states Postal Service […]