9/111/26 – Earlier today, a federal jury in Central Islip convicted Luann Middleton, a former United States Postal Service (USPS) employee, of wire fraud in connection with her repeated submission of false workers compensation forms to the United States Department of Labor (DOL), in which she claimed total disability, and thereby received approximately $40,000 per […]
By Todd Harrison, J.D. A disagreement concerning overtime escalated into yelling and profanity, resulting in a police call and a two-day unpaid emergency leave for the employee. Affirming a district court’s grant of summary judgment against the Title VII discrimination, retaliation, and hostile work environment claims asserted by a postal carrier, the Seventh Circuit found […]
Will Serve Concurrent 7½-Year Sentence for Bribing Postal Carrier to Deliver Marijuana PHILADELPHIA – United States Attorney David Metcalf announced that DeWhite Dawkins, aka Dwight Dawkins, “Twin White,” and Kaleem Fraites, 42, a Jamaican national who has been unlawfully residing in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, was sentenced this afternoon to 115 months in prison by United States […]
9/10/26 – In response to President Donald Trump’s Executive Order 14399 seeking to exert control over mail-in ballots ahead of the 2026 midterm elections, Congressman Chris Pappas (NH-01), co-chair of the Congressional Postal Caucus, led 99 members in calling on the Postmaster General to revoke a Postal Service rule codifying the order. In addition to that, Pappas […]
AUGUSTA, Georgia: 9/10/26 – A Florida woman has been sentenced to prison for her role in a multi-state scheme to fraudulently obtain unemployment insurance benefits. The sentence was imposed by U.S. District Court Judge Dudley H. Bowen and announced by Margaret E. “Meg” Heap, U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of Georgia. Cheryl Galloway, 67, […]
261 Current and Former Members of Congress File Bicameral, Bipartisan Brief as Court Order Barring Postal Service Rule Limiting Mail Voting is Being Challenged by Trump’s DOJ Washington, D.C. – 9/9/26 – U.S. Senator Catherine Cortez Masto (D-Nev.) joined a bicameral amicus brief led by Senators Alex Padilla (D-Calif.) and Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) challenging the […]
8/28/26 – On March 31, 2026, President Donald Trump issued Executive Order (EO) 14399, “Ensuring Citizenship Verification and Integrity in Federal Elections.” The order states “unique ballot envelope identifiers, such as bar codes, enable confirmation that only citizens receive and cast ballots, reducing the risk of fraud and protecting the integrity of Federal elections.” In addition to […]
Baltimore, Maryland – 9/10/26 – A Baltimore man is headed to federal prison for firearm and postal-service theft crimes. U.S. District Court Judge Ellen L. Hollander sentenced Shykeem Fallin, 24, today, to four years in prison, followed by three years of supervised release, for possession of a firearm and ammunition by a prohibited person and […]
9/8/26 – The NALC and the Postal Service have agreed to a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) Re: Monetization of Annual Leave (M-02019) in which career employees covered under the NALC agreement may sell back up to 80 hours of annual leave prior to the beginning of the leave year. To qualify for annual leave monetization, […]
Bronx, NY – 9/9/26 – The U.S. Postal Inspection Service arrested Junior Javier Pujols Calderon, 27, of Bronx, NY, on September 3, 2026, for stealing mail from a blue collection box located in upper Manhattan. Postal inspectors began investigating thefts of mail in the area after a video clip circulating on social media showed Calderon […]