BOSTON – A U.S. Postal employee was arrested today and charged in federal court in Boston with stealing mail believed to contain controlled substances. Shawn M. Herron, 44, of Whitman, Mass., was charged in a criminal complaint with one count of theft of mail. Herron was released on conditions following an initial appearance in federal […]
Essex County Man Sentenced to Two Years in Prison for Bribing Mail Carriers to Deliver Parcels Containing Marijuana NEWARK, N.J. – DOJ 2/10/20 – An Essex County, New Jersey, resident was sentenced today to 24 months in prison for bribing mail carriers from the U.S. Postal Service (USPS) to deliver to him parcels containing marijuana, […]
LEE COUNTY, N.C. (WTVD) — Residents who live in Sanford’s Winding Creek expect to receive mail daily like everyone else. But recently, it’s arrived either late or to the wrong address. Mary Lutz has been a resident in the community for two years. She is retired and stays home most days, but seemingly, she’s picked […]
2/11/20 – The West Loop area in Chicago is considered one of the hottest neighborhoods on the edges of downtown, but a recent rash of burglaries at several apartments has residents alarmed. “I was shocked,” said Fred Stein, a condo owner and board member. “They were in and out very quickly. Clearing out the mailboxes […]
The Postal Service’s financial report for the first quarter of fiscal 2020 underlines the need for congressional action on common-sense legislative reform. The first step toward such reform is the USPS Fairness Act, which a large bipartisan majority of the House of Representatives voted for earlier this week. The entire first quarter loss—$748 million—stems from […]
Alexandria, Va. – In advance of a House of Representatives’ vote on the United States Postal Service (USPS) Fairness Act, H.R. 2382 (update: this bill passed the house 2/5/20), legislation to repeal the unprecedented 2006 mandate that the USPS prefund its future retiree health benefits, NARFE National President Ken Thomas issued the following statement: “For too […]
The Postal Service will introduce eBuy Plus, its replacement for eBuy2, on Feb. 29. USPS News Link – 2/7/20 – If you use eBuy2 to purchase supplies and services for USPS, you’ll want to know about important changes that will occur before the requisition system is replaced by eBuy Plus at the end of the […]
USPS 2/7/20 – H.R. 2382 would eliminate the requirement, imposed on the Postal Service in the 2006 Postal Accountability and Enhancement Act, to prefund our Retiree Health Benefit (RHB) Fund as well as forgiving all of our current defaulted prefunding payments. This elimination of a requirement faced by no other public or private entity would […]
ROCHESTER, N.Y. – DOJ – U.S. Attorney James P. Kennedy, Jr. announced today that a federal grand jury has returned a one-count indictment charging Mark Rogers, 36, Joseph Way, a/k/a Gus, 34, and Tashara Levans, 35, all of Rochester, NY, with kidnapping of a federal employee. The charge carries a maximum penalty of life in […]
The Office of Personnel Management released the following press release on February 6, 2020. Apparently postal employees are eligible to fill temporary positions with the U.S. Census Bureau: 2020 Census; Employees May Perform Short-Term, Temporary Work The U.S. Census Bureau has begun its campaign to recruit hundreds of thousands of individuals across the country to […]