ATHENS, Ga. (FOX 5 Atlanta) – The United States Postal Service restored mail delivery to an Athens apartment on Thursday. It had been suspended because of concerns regarding crime. Once service was stopped, workers at Bethel Midtown Village started picking up the mail to sort it. But, that became too much. Those who wanted their […]
HOLLYWOOD (CBSMiami) – A mother of three children was shot and killed early Wednesday morning in Hollywood. It happened at an apartment building at 5502 Washington Street. Victoria Bain said she was told her sister, Corretta, was shot by her boyfriend and that he drove off in her 2018 Nissan Maxima. Bain said she did […]
BOSTON – When Chris Staros received a text message about a duplicate credit card he didn’t order last year he jumped into action. “I said, ‘Well where did the card get mailed to?’ They said, ‘To your home address,’” Staros said. That credit card never arrived. “What I didn’t realize was that they had impersonated […]
DOJ – 7/9/19 – Jackson, Miss. – Calvin Taylor, 51, of Yazoo City, was sentenced today by U.S. District Judge Carlton W. Reeves to 48 months of supervised probation for embezzling parcels of mail during the course of his employment with the U.S. Postal Service, announced U.S. Attorney Mike Hurst and Special Agent in Charge […]
What: The U.S. Postal Service is issuing Woodstock Forever stamps in observance of the 50th anniversary of the most famous rock festival in history. News of the stamp is being shared on social media using the hashtags #WoodstockStamps and #PeaceForeverStamps. When: Thursday, Aug. 8 at 11 a.m. EDT Where: “Play it Loud: Instruments of Rock & Roll” Metropolitan Museum […]
Marshall Man Sentenced To 24 Months In Federal Prison For Failure To Pay Employee Payroll Taxes DOJ – July 03, 2019 – Fort Smith, AR – Duane (DAK) Kees, United States Attorney for the Western District of Arkansas, announced today that Eric De Priest, age 47, of Marshall, Arkansas, was sentenced Monday to serve 24 […]
On June 17, 2019, in the United States District Court for the District of New Hampshire, the Department filed suit against American Postal Workers Union (APWU) Local 230 (located in Manchester, N.H.). The lawsuit seeks to nullify the union’s March 2, 2019 election of the offices of president, executive vice-president, secretary-treasurer, clerk craft director, maintenance […]
GREEN COVE SPRINGS, Fla. – Video shows a mail carrier tossing packages in a local driveway. A not-so-special delivery has one weather buff hot under the collar. Paul Nowotny’s surveillance cameras caught the mail carrier in a van throwing packages in his Green Cove Springs driveway, and you can see this wasn’t a gentle toss. […]
DOJ – 7/02/19 – KANSAS CITY, Mo. – A former postal carrier was sentenced in federal court today for stealing mail from dozens of residents and for possessing methamphetamine to distribute. Brandy Manning, 40, of Liberty, Missouri, was sentenced by U.S. District Judge Greg Kays to six years in federal prison without parole. The court […]
Largest “Mail Dumping” Case in Alaska History Anchorage, Alaska – U.S. Attorney Bryan Schroder announced that, in the largest “mail dumping” case in Alaska history, a former U.S. Postal Service employee has been sentenced to federal prison for deserting more than 49 plastic tubs of mail that he was responsible for delivering. Thomas Gerald Hilty, […]