BOSTON – 5/25/23 – Two Massachusetts individuals were indicted today by a federal grand jury in Boston for the armed robberies of United States Postal Service (USPS) letter carriers that took place on Nov. 29, 2022 in Mattapan, Mass. and Dec. 16, 2022 in Hyde Park, Mass. Myesha Lewis, 22, of Boston, and Kenneth Demosthene, […]
WASHINGTON — 5/25/23 – The United States Postal Service reported new delivery performance metrics for the seventh week of the third quarter for fiscal year 2023 showing improved delivery performance across all mail categories. The average time for the Postal Service to deliver a mailpiece or package across the nation improved to 2.4 days. FY23 […]
LOS ANGELES – 5/25/23 – An Inland Empire resident is expected to be arraigned this afternoon on federal charges alleging the use of counterfeit postage to ship millions of parcels as part of a fraudulent scheme that caused the United States Postal Service (USPS) to suffer losses over the past six months estimated to be […]
Tampa, Florida – 5/24/23 – U.S. District Judge Mary S. Scriven has sentenced Nathasha Michelle Prieto (34, Bradenton) to six years and six months in federal prison for conspiring to distribute over five kilograms of cocaine. Prieto had pleaded guilty on January 5, 2023. According to court documents, Prieto, a former United States Postal Carrier, […]
Memphis, TN – 5/24/23 – Sidney Poitier Pilcher, Jr., a/k/a Slimey Sidd, 21, has been sentenced to over nine years in federal prison for aiding and abetting in the robbery of postal carriers while brandishing a firearm. Kevin G. Ritz, United States Attorney for the Western District of Tennessee, announced the sentence today. According to […]
Southeast Seattle residents had to pick-up mail at post office due to high level of theft Seattle – 5/24/23 – The suspect in a series of mail vehicle and mail key thefts was arrested today on a federal complaint charging him with theft of mail and possession of stolen mail, announced U.S. Attorney Nick Brown. […]
CHARLOTTE, NC — 5/24/23 – Postmaster General and CEO Louis DeJoy gave the keynote address at the 2023 National Postal Forum in Charlotte on May 22, 2023. Below is the organizational strategy transcript of those remarks, with the organizational strategy video available at https://about.usps.com/video/NPF2023PMG.mp4. For additional details, please see the keynote address highlights press release. “Thank you everyone, […]
PENSACOLA, FLORIDA – 5/23/23 – Charlie James Rhodes, 43, of Defuniak Springs, was sentenced to 45 months in federal prison after previously pleading guilty to charges theft of mail, bank fraud, and aggravated identity theft. The sentence was announced by Jason R. Coody, United States Attorney for the Northern District of Florida. “Frauds, such as […]
CHARLOTTE, NC — 5/22/23 – Today, Postmaster General and CEO Louis DeJoy welcomed 3,500 attendees to the 2023 National Postal Forum in Charlotte. In his keynote address to the annual convention of the mailing and shipping industry, DeJoy extoled the progress the Postal Service is making under its 10-year Delivering for America plan and how the agency’s […]
WASHINGTON – 5/19/23 – Sheron Spann, 54, of Washington, D.C, pleaded guilty today in U.S. District Court to steering government contracts to companies under her control and the control of her spouse. The plea was entered before United States District Judge Royce C. Lamberth, who scheduled sentencing for September 21, 2023. According to court documents, […]