CHICAGO (CBS) — They enter empty-handed but walk out carry bags of stolen packages from a mailroom. The theft alone is alarming, but CBS 2’s Jermont Terry reports, there’s a concern about how the thieves gain access to the West Loop condos. The suspects don’t break in or wait for somebody to open a door. […]
MILAN, Ill. (KWQC) – Postal carriers are preparing for their busiest season! Nearly 13 billion pieces of mail are expected to be processed and delivered between Thanksgiving and New Year’s Day. Over the past five years, the USPS has seen the number of packages increase by more than 2 billion – from 4 billion to 6.1 […]
Postal Service facilities must fly the POW-MIA flag whenever the U.S. flag is flown, effective Dec. 5. USPS News Link – 12/05/19 – Postal Service facilities are required to fly the POW-MIA flag year-round under a new federal law. The law, which took effect in November, requires prominent federal buildings, national war memorials and Post […]
MIAMI (CBSMiami) – Police said two suspects who carjacked a UPS truck on Thursday afternoon and led several police agencies through the streets of South Florida are dead. The suspects who reportedly shot at police from the truck engaged police in a shootout resulting in their deaths on Miramar Parkway and Flamingo Road. Images from […]
FRESNO, Calif. — DOJ 12/05/19 – A federal grand jury returned an indictment today against Ryan James Taylor, 34, of Oxnard, charging him with burglary of a U.S. Post Office, mail theft, and theft of government property, U.S. Attorney McGregor W. Scott announced. According to court documents, on Aug. 26, 2018, Taylor forcibly broke into […]
NALC News 12/03/19 – Today, Sens. Steve Daines (R-MT) and Brian Schatz (D-HI) introduced the USPS Fairness Act (S. 2965), a bill to repeal the mandate to prefund postal retiree health benefits. The bill is identical to House legislation (H.R. 2382), which was introduced earlier this year and has the support of a bipartisan majority […]
Order clarifies components of previous proposal Washington, DC – PRC Press Release 12/05/19 –Today, the Postal Regulatory Commission (Commission) issued a revised notice of proposed rulemaking aimed at modifying the system for regulating rates and classes for Market Dominant products. This revised rulemaking takes into consideration comments received after the first rulemaking in December 2017, […]
Department of Labor – On October 22, 2019, in the United States District Court for the District of South Carolina, Spartanburg Division, Dana Roush, former President of American Postal Workers Union (APWU) Local 403 (located in Spartanburg, S.C.), pleaded guilty to one count of embezzlement of union funds totaling $10,089, in violation of 29 U.S.C. […]
CHICAGO HEIGHTS, Ill. (CBS) — The United States Post Office Inspector General is investigating a fraud scheme that victims believe revolves around a south suburban post office. As CBS 2’s Mike Puccinelli reported, investigators believe someone has been ripping off individual customers and area entrepreneurs at the Chicago Heights Post Office with checks that all […]
SPLENDORA, Texas — Splendora police responded to reports of U.S. Mail packages scattered along multiple locations on Highway 59 northeast of Houston late Monday. Drivers first spotted the packages and crates at about 7:30 p.m. near East River Road. One witness said the crates, which were about a mile apart, fell out of the back […]