RIO RANCHO, N.M. (KRQE) – How did a postal carrier recently arrested for drunk driving in a postal truck, still have a job? That’s what KRQE News 13 started asking after looking into his driving history. Kevin Brown, 28, is the postal worker who police say drove drunk in his postal truck and hit another truck in […]
7/27/18 – No matter how old we are, be it a child in grade school, or a middle aged adult in the work force, at any given time, we can all fall prey to a bully. This is not as much a message about an abusive employer as it is a message to my son […]
CHICAGO (CBS) — A postal worker is in the hospital with a long recovery ahead, but his father is out thanking the woman who helped save his son’s life minutes after he’d been shot by a convicted felon. The shooting took place Monday in Elk Grove Village. Strangers connected by a crime that nearly killed […]
West Point, GA, Rural Carrier Zene Vanleeuwen USPS News Link – 1/04/19 – Rural Carrier Zene Vanleeuwen recently responded to two emergencies she encountered while delivering mail in West Point, GA. One day in October, Vanleeuwen heard an older customer screaming for help. She soon discovered that the woman had been stranded outside for several […]
AUSTIN — Unusual mail thefts in Austin are affecting more than just one community. After KVUE first reported that someone appeared on security camera using a master key to break into the cluster mailboxes in the Lewis Mountain Ranch neighborhood in Southwest Austin, we received dozens of reports of additional mail thefts in nearby Circle C North. […]
Johnstown, Cambria County, Pa. – 1/03/19 – A former U.S. Postal Service employee was sentenced today after pleading guilty to misappropriation of postal funds. Douglas Kubenko, 37, of Johnstown, pleaded guilty to the charges today and was immediately sentenced to two years’ probation. WTAJ Below is the Dept. of Justice original charges: Criminal Charges Filed […]
? PHILADELPHIA (WPVI) — Police have made an arrest in the attempted sexual assault of a postal worker in the West Oak Lane section of Philadelphia. 38-year-old Ariel Hernandez, of the 3400 block of Ditman Street, was arrested around 4:20 p.m. Wednesday. He is charged with attempt to commit rape, indecent assault and related offenses. […]
Cold, soaking wet deliveries have landed a North Texas postal worker in hot water. A Fort Worth woman says she had to grab her cell phone so her neighbors would know why their packages ended up damaged or drenched. “I was kind of in a shock at first,” said Caitlin McGlaun. She couldn’t believe her […]
1/02/19 – As the new year begins, the United States Postal Service is telling customers about changes in 2019 that could impact their mail. Starting Jan. 27, Forever stamp prices will increase from 50 cents each to 55 cents each. The 10 percent increase is the biggest in USPS history. The price hike is to […]
DALLAS — The United States Postal Service is apologizing to a Dallas family after a letter carrier was caught on a home surveillance camera pepper spraying the family’s three dogs on his route for seemingly no reason. The incident happened Dec. 13, 2018. In the video, you can see the letter carrier dropping off some […]