NEW ORLEANS, LOUISIANA – 8/4/25 – Acting United States Attorney Michael M. Simpson announced today that JORRY HARRISON (“HARRISON”), age 38, of Houma, Louisiana, was sentenced on July 31, 2025 to one year of probation. HARRISON previously pleaded guilty to destruction of mail, in violation of Title 18, United States Code, Section 1703(a). According to court documents, […]
Tuesday, August 05, 2025 Today, U.S. Senator Josh Hawley (R-Mo.) sent a letter to the newly-appointed Postmaster General, David Steiner, urging him to course correct the unreliability and delays Missourians have experienced from the U.S. Postal Service (USPS) under his predecessor. “USPS failed to meet its own nationwide performance targets in nearly every category, and the problem was […]
8/5/25 – United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, Jay Clayton, and Acting Inspector in Charge of the New York Division of the United States Postal Inspection Service (“USPIS”), Edward Gallashaw, announced today the arrest and filing of a Complaint charging JOHN GARCIA with assaulting a U.S. Postal Service (“USPS”) mail carrier […]
HAMMOND – Yesterday, Kareim J. Coverson, 37 years old, of Calumet City, Illinois, was sentenced by United States District Court Judge Phillip P. Simon after pleading guilty to conspiracy to commit bank fraud, announced Acting United States Attorney M. Scott Proctor. Coverson was sentenced to 41 months in prison, 2 years of supervised release, and […]
WILMINGTON, N.C. – 8/4/25 – A Fayetteville man pleaded guilty to misappropriation of postal funds and to making false entries and reports in U.S. Government records. According to court documents, Robert Raquan Patterson, 29, served as a sales and services distribution associate for the U.S. Postal Service, Evergreen Post Office. In this capacity, Patterson was […]
Defendant spent thousands of dollars in stolen proceeds at casinos BOSTON – 7/30/25 – The former Postmaster for the Seekonk Post Office pleaded guilty today to stealing over $19,000 through no-fee money orders. Bethany LeBlanc, 48, of Seekonk, pleaded guilty to one count of theft of government money. U.S. District Court Judge Leo T. Sorokin […]
7/31/25 – On Sunday, July 27, 2025, at approximately 7:30pm, Destiny Coles and two unidentified suspects arrived at the United States Post Office located in Lytle Creek. The suspects forced entry into several locked mailboxes at the post office and stole packages and mail. A witness took a picture of the suspect vehicle as it […]
Postal Employee Charged in Credit Card Theft Scheme 8/1/25 – North Bergen Police Chief Robert J. Farley Jr. has announced charges against two individuals in connection with a credit card fraud investigation. Eirin Novas, a U.S. Postal Employee, and Awilda Taveras-Bido of Newark, were charged with multiple offenses including Credit Card Theft, Fraudulent Use of […]
August 31, 2025 ‘Check washing’ costs Americans over $1 billion each year, says USPIS — how to spot it and protect your money ‘Use paper ballots only’: Donald Trump vows executive order on voter ID; seeks mail-in voting only for ill and military Chinatown post office to close amid USPS cost-cutting efforts August 30, 2025 […]
ST. LOUIS – 7/30/25 – A former U.S. Postal Service mail handler on Wednesday admitted committing pandemic fraud and stealing checks from hundreds of pieces of mail. Anthony Virdure II, 30, pleaded guilty to one count of mail theft and one count of wire fraud. On Dec. 1, 2023, U.S. Postal Inspectors were called to […]