NEWARK, N.J. – 4/8/19 – An Essex County, New Jersey, man today admitted his role in a scheme to steal credit cards from the mail, U.S. Attorney Craig Carpenito announced. Moussa Dagno, 24, of Harrison, New Jersey, pleaded guilty before U.S. District Judge Katharine S. Hayden in Newark federal court to an information charging him […]
SAN ANGELO, Texas — A daughter’s tweet about her pride in her postal worker dad went viral last week. Fernando Barboza is a postal worker who makes it a habit of befriending canines along his route. “We like to think we are the guardians of our routes our neighbors that we deliver we are the […]
WARRENDALE (KDKA) — All services are resuming today at the postal center in Warrendale following a mercury spill. Postal officials say the mercury leaked from an improperly mailed package. It got onto a conveyer belt and contaminated some packages. Hazmat crews cleaned it up. CBS Pittsburgh
SACRAMENTO (CBS13) — 4/7/19 – They’re accused of robbing a Sacramento postal carrier, then trying to get the reward money for information leading to an arrest Federal agents might describe it a special delivery that helped crack their U.S. Postal Service case. An armed robber stole a master key from a Sacramento postal carrier. Then […]
WASHINGTON — The U.S. Postal Service today announced it will issue a commemorative Forever stamp honoring former President George H.W. Bush, who died Nov. 30, 2018, at the age of 94. The 41st president guided the United States through the end of the Cold War and drove the creation of a multinational coalition that successfully […]
MEMPHIS, Tenn. — One of the three reported postal worker robberies has turned out to be a hoax, police said, landing the alleged victim behind bars. Cortney Harris, 37, told police he was delivering mail Friday around 11:20 a.m. in South Memphis when a man came up behind him and threatened to shoot him if […]
Munster Man Sentenced To 29 Years In Prison In Connection With September 2017 Explosion at East Chicago Post Office and Subsequent Mailing HAMMOND – 4/04/19 – Eric P. Krieg, age 47, of Munster, Indiana, was sentenced before U.S. District Court Judge Joseph S. Van Bokkelen upon his guilty plea to knowingly making an unregistered destructive […]
Smokey Robinson addresses the audience at the Marvin Gaye stamp ceremony, held April 2 in Los Angeles. USPS News Link – 4/3/19 – Marvin Gaye was honored by USPS this week for his contributions to the Motown sound of the 1960s and R&B music in the 1970s. During the April 2 dedication ceremony for a […]
MEMPHIS, Tenn. — Postal inspectors and Memphis police say they’re working to find out what happened after two postal workers were robbed in just a few days.. A postman was robbed at gunpoint Thursday near Midtown, on North Trezevant Street and North Drive. Authorities say the robber wore a grey hoodie, had a nickel-plated semi-automatic […]
Fremont, NE, Post Office employees gather with pilot Doug Keeler near the plane he used to rescue them following the recent flood. From left are Pamela Eckstein, a retail associate; Luke Beran, a city carrier assistant; Rocky Ognissanti, a letter carrier; Lori Yuan, a carrier technician; Kim Ognissanti, a letter carrier; and Keeler. USPS News […]