ENFIELD, N.C. (WITN) – After a four hour standoff at the Enfield Post Office, officers say the suspect was found dead inside. Enfield Police Chief Tyree Davis says officers responded to the post office on South Dennis Street around 6:45 p.m. Saturday in reference to an armed robbery. Davis says an elderly woman reported that […]
NEW YORK (AP) — 3/18/17 – Chuck Berry, rock ‘n’ roll’s founding guitar hero and storyteller who defined the music’s joy and rebellion in such classics as “Johnny B. Goode,” ”Sweet Little Sixteen” and “Roll Over Beethoven,” died Saturday at his home in an unincorporated area west of St. Louis. He was 90. Emergency responders […]
On March 17, 2017, Cody J. Alexander, 26, of Coffeen, Illinois, was sentenced to federal prison for Theft of United States Mail, Donald S. Boyce, United States Attorney for the Southern District of Illinois, announced today. Alexander who pled guilty on December 23, 2016, to one count of Theft of United States Mail, was sentenced […]
Washington, D.C. – 3/17/17 – A measure authored by Congressman Mark DeSaulnier (CA-11) was unanimously adopted by the Oversight and Government Reform Committee as a part of the bipartisan Postal Service Reform Act (H.R. 756), which has been years in the making. Congressman DeSaulnier’s amendment would require the United States Postal Service (USPS) to provide Congressional […]
Alexandria, VA – The National Active and Retired Federal Employees Association (NARFE) is deeply disappointed the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform approved the Postal Service Reform Act of 2017, H.R. 756, without addressing the serious concerns of 76,000 postal retirees who would be forced to enroll in Medicare under the bill. NARFE President Richard […]
“I thank Chairman Jason Chaffetz, Ranking Member Elijah Cummings as well as other members of the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee including Representatives Mark Meadows, Gerry Connolly, Stephen Lynch, Dennis Ross, Steve Russell, Brenda Lawrence, Glenn Thompson and Tim Ryan for introducing, cosponsoring and, with an overwhelming vote, passing out of committee H.R. 756, the […]
SAN FRANCISCO (Courthouse News) – 3/16/17 – A Ninth Circuit judge on Wednesday called his colleagues’ decision to uphold the temporary restraining order on President Donald Trump’s travel ban “wrong,” while simultaneously rebuking the president for his attacks on the judiciary. Circuit Judge Jay Bybee’s words came in the form of a dissent to a refusal to […]
WICHITA, KAN. – 3/16/17 – A grand jury Thursday returned a federal indictment charging a mail carrier in Sheridan County with stealing mail, U.S. Attorney Tom Beall said. James N. Stephenson, 25, Hoxie, Kan., is charged with one count of theft by a postal employee, one count of unlawful possession of 15 or more stolen […]
March 17, 2017 – On Thursday the House Oversight Committee approved the Postal Reform Act of 2017, H.R. 756. The bill was approved by voice vote – just like P.A.E.A. in 2006 – the bill that put the postal service on trouble footing to begin with. A summary of H.R. 756 can may be found […]
March 15, 2017 – In San Antonio this afternoon, a federal grand jury returned a 13–count indictment charging three San Antonio residents for their alleged roles in a mail theft scheme that involved the shooting of a U.S. Mail carrier last month in Spring Branch, TX, announced United States Attorney Richard L. Durbin, Jr.; Inspector […]