ST. LOUIS – 9/23/26 – A St. Louis man on Wednesday admitted trying to buy a truck full of mail from a postal carrier. Ty-Hunter Collins, 28, of St. Louis, pleaded guilty to one count of bribery of a public official. He admitted approaching a postal carrier in the JCPenney store at the West County […]
KANSAS CITY, KAN. – 9/23/26 – A U.S. Postal employee pleaded guilty to stealing mail addressed to postal customers. According to court documents, David Alan Boutte, 60, of Olathe pleaded guilty to one count of theft or receipt of stolen mail. Boutte is an employee of the Blue Valley Post Office in Overland Park. In […]
9/23/26 – Our Office of Investigations routinely monitors Postal Service contracts for possible fraud using proprietary data analytics tools. After our special agents flagged a North Carolina’s suspicious invoicing, they subpoenaed the owner. During an interview, the owner’s story unraveled, revealing deliberate fraud: Our special agents presented evidence showing he submitted fake invoices with inflated […]
9/22/26 – The Postal Service has a longstanding commitment to protecting the security and sanctity of the U.S. Mail, working closely with our law enforcement arm, the United States Postal Inspection Service (USPIS). Safeguarding the mail and maintaining the public’s trust are fundamental to our core mission. Illegal mail handling behavior by employees will not […]
SALT LAKE CITY, Utah – 9/22/26 – An indictment was unsealed today charging a former postman with the U.S. Postal Service (USPS) with unlawful secretion, destruction, and delay of mail after he allegedly unlawfully threw away mail that he was entrusted to deliver – including approximately 300 mail-in ballots to registered voters in Utah. Damon […]
CHICAGO — 9/22/26 – A Chicago man has been sentenced to 12 years in federal prison for trafficking fentanyl and other drugs from Arizona to Illinois. In 2022 and 2023, ALONZO POWE arranged to receive numerous parcels of fentanyl, methamphetamine, and cocaine from various locations in Arizona. The shipments were sent via U.S. Postal Service […]
WASHINGTON — Today, the U.S. Postal Service announced the recommended mailing and shipping dates for the 2026 holiday season. For expected delivery before Dec. 25, the Postal Service advises customers to send mail and packages by the following dates: 2026 Holiday Shipping Dates for Contiguous U.S. (Lower 48 States) USPS Ground Advantage service: Dec. 17 […]
SACRAMENTO, Calif. — 9/12/26 – Carrie Wallace, 48, of Fort Bragg, California, was sentenced today by U.S. District Judge Dale A. Drozd to one year in prison for tampering with a consumer product and mail theft by a postal employee, U.S. Attorney Eric Grant announced. According to court documents, Wallace used her position as a […]
WASHINGTON, D.C. — 9/16/26 – U.S. Representative Jill N. Tokuda (HI-02) led the Hawai?i Congressional Delegation in demanding that the United States Postal Service (USPS) immediately halt its unilateral decision to stop direct home mail delivery for Lahaina families returning to rebuilt properties. In a joint letter sent to Postmaster General David Steiner, Rep. Tokuda, […]