PHILADELPHIA – United States Attorney William M. McSwain announced today that David W. Miller, Jr., of Warminster, PA has agreed to pay the United States $12,000 to resolve civil allegations that he made fraudulent insurance claims to the United States Postal Service. The government’s investigation began when a proactive review of claims data disclosed that […]
DOJ 1/16/20 – Matthew D. Krueger, United States Attorney for the Eastern District of Wisconsin, announced today that 26 defendants have been charged in federal court with trafficking at least five kilograms or more of cocaine as well as distributable quantities of heroin and fentanyl. The defendants were also charged with money laundering and conspiracy […]
St. Louis, MO – DOJ 1/16/20 – Dywane Upchurch, 39, of St. Louis, MO, was sentenced to 60 months for his role in robbing the Richmond Heights Post Office and assaulting a Postal employee while committing robbery. Upchurch appeared in federal court today before United States District Judge Catherine D. Perry. According to court documents, […]
KALAMAZOO, Mich. — Investigators in Allegan County said they’re waiting for lab reports before determining if the driver of a pickup who slammed into a postal carrier truck will face charges. The postal carrier in the vehicle was killed after police say her truck overturned in a ditch and caught fire. Since the crash, research by the National […]
Three minutes. It took roughly that amount of time from an attempted traffic stop in a construction zone to evolve into a high-speed police chase of about two miles to cross the Massachusetts state line and end in a fiery crash that claimed the lives of two civilians on Route 5 in Longmeadow. Forty-seven-year-old David Cerosimo’s Ford […]
Three men, including a former postal employee, will serve lengthy prison sentences for the December 2018 heist of a Nebraska postal truck. Gary Fellows has been sentenced to 25 years in prison, Sidney Britt to 20 years, and Joshua Britt to 11 years and three months. Fellows was a truck driver for the post office, […]
HARRIS COUNTY, Texas — Consider this a warning. Harris County Sheriff’s Office deputies are going after people who steal packages right off a victim’s porch. Investigators are working undercover to catch the crooks red-handed. We’ll start by staying, we’re not sharing any secrets that would ruin the operation. Deputies want thieves to know the stings […]
The Defendant Targeted Neighborhoods in North and South Carolina; at Least 1,300 Individuals Had Their Mail Stolen CHARLOTTE, N.C. – Erik Raymond Magana, 34, of Charlotte, was sentenced today to 42 months in prison for stealing thousands of pieces of mail from at least 1,300 victims in North and South Carolina, announced U.S. Attorney Andrew […]
SACRAMENTO, Calif. — DOJ – 1/14/20 – Domingo Ene, 28; Joshua Hopoi, 24; and Raymond Su, 31, pleaded guilty today to conspiring to steal U.S. mail, U.S. Attorney McGregor W. Scott announced. Ene also pleaded guilty to possession of a stolen firearm. According to court documents, from April 2018 to July 2018, the three men […]
WICHITA, KAN. – A contract mail truck driver for the U.S. Postal Service was sentenced today to two years on federal probation for stealing money from the mail, U.S. Attorney Stephen McAllister said. In addition, he was ordered to pay more than $3,000 restitution. David A. Logan, 51, Fort Scott, Kan., pleaded guilty to two […]