Fast Facts 3/17/26 – We testified on U.S. Postal Service’s financial condition and service performance before the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, Subcommittee on Government Operations. It is based primarily on these reports: High-Risk Series: Heightened Attention Could Save Billions More and Improve Government Efficiency and Effectiveness U.S. Postal Service: Action Needed to […]
BUFFALO, N.Y. – 3/13/26 – U.S. Attorney Michael DiGiacomo announced today that Alexandria Duncan, 23, of Buffalo, NY, pleaded guilty before U.S. Magistrate Judge Jeremiah J. McCarthy to conspiracy to commit mail theft, which carries a maximum penalty of five years in prison and a $250,000 fine. Assistant U.S. Attorney Franz M. Wright, who is […]
3/13/26 – United States Attorney Kurt L. Wall announced the conviction of Cody Gaspard, age 27, of Denham Springs, Louisiana. After a three-day trial before U.S. District Court Judge Brian A. Jackson, the jury unanimously convicted Gaspard of assaulting a postal employee. As the evidence at trial demonstrated, Gaspard approached a United States Postal Service […]
Following major mail delivery challenges in Missouri, Rep. Wagner requested immediate explanations from the USPS Washington, D.C. – Congresswoman Ann Wagner (R-MO) released the following statement after sending letters to the U.S. Postmaster General, the U.S. Postal Service Inspector General, and the House Oversight Committee, in addition to leading the effort to include legislation holding the […]
MONTGOMERY, Ala. – 3/12/26 – Today, Acting United States Attorney Kevin Davidson announced two additional sentencings in a mail theft and bank fraud conspiracy involving four defendants. On March 5, 2026, 24-year-old Tra’von Charles Rogers, of Prattville, Alabama, received a sentence of 24 months in federal prison. Two days prior, on March 3, 2026, a […]
3/12/26 – David X. Sullivan, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, announced that MICKYEEM PROFIT, 22, of Bridgeport, was sentenced today by U.S. District Judge Stefan R. Underhill in Bridgeport to 102 months of imprisonment and three years of supervised release for his participation in the violent armed robberies of multiple retail stores […]
On February 2, 2026, in the United States District Court for the Western District of Michigan, Marcus Miller, former Vice President of National Association of Letter Carriers (NALC) Branch 775 (located in Niles, Mich.), was sentenced to 12 months and 1 day of imprisonment. Upon release, Miller will be placed on probation for two years. […]
WASHINGTON, D.C. – 3/12/26 – Today, U.S. Senator Pete Ricketts (R-NE) sent a letter to the Omaha Processing and Distribution Center (P&DC), calling on an improvement to operations based on an audit by the United States Postal Service Office of the Inspector General (USPS OIG). The letter was addressed to Director Daniel Hirai, senior processing operations leader for the […]
BUFFALO, N.Y. – 3.10.26 – U.S. Attorney Michael DiGiacomo announced today that Melissa Olson, 47, of Randolph, NY, pleaded guilty before U.S. District Judge John L. Sinatra, Jr. to theft of mail by postal employee, which carries a maximum penalty of five years in prison and a $250,000 fine. Assistant U.S. Attorney Franz M. Wright, […]
Grand Jury Also Indicts Co-conspirator for Threatening the Victim at Gunpoint CLEVELAND – 3/10/26 – A 21-year-old man has pleaded guilty to his role in robbing a postal carrier of the key used to open U.S. Mail collection boxes. The robbery was part of a larger conspiracy to steal checks and later cash them for […]
