On November 24, 2025, in the Circuit Court of Manatee County, Florida, Kathleen Kaplan former Secretary-Treasurer of American Postal Workers Union (APWU) Local 7136 (located in Tallevast, Fla.), was sentenced to 366 days in state prison, 120 months of community control, and 323 months of probation. Kaplan was also ordered to pay $230,000 in restitution. […]
On December 17, 2025, in the United States District Court for South Carolina, Columbia Division, LaTanya Gadson, former President of American Postal Workers Union (APWU) Local 795 (located in Sumter, S.C.), was charged with one count of embezzlement of union funds of at least $11,474 and one count of falsification of records, in violation of […]
HOUSTON – 12/17/25 – A 34-year-old local resident has been ordered to federal prison for a stolen mail fraud scheme, announced U.S. Attorney Nicholas J. Ganjei. Britni Marie Johnson pleaded guilty July 29. U.S. District Judge Lee H. Rosenthal has now ordered Johnson to serve 65 months in federal prison to be immediately followed by […]
WASHINGTON — 1/5/26 – As part of longstanding policies to safeguard the American public from trucking-related safety incidents, and in line with recent Department of Transportation (DOT) policies to make American roadways safer, the U.S. Postal Service will begin working with its contracted trucking providers to phase out any use of non-domiciled Commercial Driver’s License […]
CHARLOTTE, N.C. – 1/5/26 – Dominique Dunlap, 30, of Charlotte, was sentenced to 70 months in prison followed by three years of supervised release today for conspiracy to commit bank fraud and possession of stolen mail, announced Russ Ferguson, U.S. Attorney for the Western District of North Carolina. In addition to the prison sentence, Dunlap […]
USPS 1/2/26 MYTH: How the Postal Service applies postmarks is changing. FACT: The Postal Service has not changed and is not changing our postmarking practices, which have been consistent since we began moving away from hand-canceling every item at Post Offices decades ago. Postmarks are generally applied by machines at our originating processing facilities and will […]
WASHINGTON, D.C. – 1/1/26 – Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) introduced a bill on Tuesday to require the U.S. Postal Service (USPS) to install security cameras at all USPS facilities to protect USPS employees, customers and property. “I’ve asked USPS to expand the use of security cameras at postal facilities in the District of Columbia […]
January 31, 2026 Budzinski, Bergman, Pappas Lead Letter Demanding USPS Reverse Postmark Rule – PEN Missouri Letter Carrier Sentenced for Her Role in Conspiracy to Steal Checks from the Mail – PEN 2 charged in southeast Indiana mail theft scheme, including postal employee Ice-covered roads slow mail delivery as postal crews prioritize safety Matagorda, TX residents say […]
JACKSON, MS – 12/23/25 – United States Attorney Baxter Kruger of the Southern District of Mississippi announced the sentencing of four individuals last week in the United States District Court for the Southern District of Mississippi for their involvement in an identity theft and bank fraud conspiracy scheme. Jaivon Davon Taylor, Jadin Winfield, Dennis James […]
