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 […]
3/5/26 – Today NAPS President Ivan Butts addressed the recent Memorandum of Understanding between the USPS and UPMA over the scope of UPMA representation. In a letter to Michael Elston, USPS Vice President, Labor Relations, President Butts said: USPS purports to “voluntarily” recognize UPMA as “the representative of non-supervisory, non-managerial employees” in the Postal Service. […]
March 7, 2026 Mr. Ivan Butts National President UPMA United Postmasters and Managers of America National Association of Postal Supervisors 1727 King Street, Suite 400 Alexandria, VA 22314 Dear Mr. Butts, I am writing to express my profound disappointment regarding the characterization of our organization contained in your March 5th public statement. In that statement […]
SANTA ANA, California – 3/7/26 – A United States Postal Service (USPS) supervisor pleaded guilty today to stealing approximately $284,000 in checks and up to $40,000 in other items – including gold and collector-type currency such as a Confederate $10 bill – from the U.S. mail. Joivian Tjuana Hayes, 36, of Compton, who was a […]
