PITTSBURGH, PA – DOJ 1/30/20 – A former resident of Cheswick, Pennsylvania, has been sentenced in federal court to 18 months’ imprisonment and a three-year term of supervised release, and was ordered to pay $37,590 in restitution to the United States Postal Service, on his conviction of conspiracy, theft of government property and uttering and […]
The APWU National Executive Board voted on Jan. 29 to endorse Senator Bernie Sanders for President of the United States. In light of the importance of the presidential election and in response to many inquiries from members as to the union leadership’s position, a number of “top tier” candidates, or their designees, were invited to […]
NEWARK, N.J. – DOJ 1/30/20 – A Union County man was arrested today for bribing a U.S. Postal Service (USPS) employee to steal check books, credit cards, and electronics from the mail, U.S. Attorney Craig Carpenito announced. Jabre Beauvoir, 21, of Elizabeth, New Jersey, is charged by complaint with one count of bribery and one […]
HOUSTON – A 33-year-old resident of Houston has been charged with five counts of theft of public money and five counts of issuing postal money orders without receiving payment, announced U.S. Attorney Ryan K. Patrick. Tranese Nicole Mitchell is set to appear before U.S. District Judge Dena H. Palermo this afternoon. A federal grand jury […]
WICHITA, Kan. (KSNW) – A U.S. Postal Service inspector says the post office battles narcotic trafficking daily. Postal Service Inspector Paul Shade intercepted six pounds of methamphetamine from making its way to a home in Hutchinson last week. Shade says the post office uses a multitude of resources to identify suspicious parcels coming through the […]
DOJ – 1/28/20 – Kimberly A. Kirchner, 37, Atlanta, Kan., is charged with embezzling funds from the U.S. Postal Service while she was an employee. The crime is alleged to have occurred during a period from Sept. 23, 2019, to Jan. 3, 2020, in Cowley County, Kan. If convicted, she could face up to 10 […]
USPS Press Release – The Department of Homeland Security’s timely report released today makes clear the urgent need to combat counterfeit and pirated goods entering the United States. The United States Postal Service and the U.S. Postal Inspection Service are proud to work with DHS and others across law enforcement to remove counterfeit and pirated […]
A postal worker convicted of accepting money from a drug dealer to funnel packages of marijuana to drug dealer has been sentenced to three years of probation. Fred Rivers, 48, of Newark, also received one year of home confinement, according to court records. Rivers, who was fired by the U.S. Postal Service, will be allowed […]
NBC Los Angeles – A Compton woman who masqueraded as her dead mother to collect $151,450 in benefits while she was on probation in an earlier case was sentenced Monday to complete 75 hours of community service after the judge determined that her various medical problems would place an undue burden on the prison system […]
WASHINGTON, Jan. 27, 2020 /PRNewswire/ — The U.S. Postal Service Board of Governors will meet Feb. 6, 2020, in open session at Postal Service headquarters, 475 L’Enfant Plaza, SW, Washington, DC. The public is welcome to observe the meeting beginning at 4:00 p.m. ET in the Benjamin Franklin Room on the 11th floor. The Board is expected to discuss the following items: […]