COLUMBUS (WCMH) — A former mailman accused of performing a sexual act inside his mail truck has been found guilty of public indecency. Joseph E. Rice, 53, of Westerville, is scheduled to be sentenced on the charge on Nov. 18. The verdict against Rice was issued by a judge on Oct. 15 after Rice waived […]
CANTON, Ohio — Canton police are investigating after a postal worker was robbed at gunpoint. According to the police report, it happened on Cherry Avenue around 3 p.m. Saturday. The victim said he was delivering mail when the suspect got out of a car came over to him with a gun. He then forced him […]
CHARLOTTE, N.C. — A Charlotte couple’s doorbell camera captured what appeared to be a postal worker tossing a package filled with glass ornaments up the stairs in an apartment building. Zachary Miller posted the video on Friday, and it’s since gotten a lot of attention. “I was really surprised,” Miller said. “I was actually standing […]
Memphis, TN – DOJ – 10/18/19 – After a federal jury trial, Wendy Thomas, 39, has been convicted for robbery of mail, money or other property of the United States and use of a firearm during and in relation to a crime of violence. U.S. Attorney D. Michael Dunavant announced the guilty verdict today. According […]
SOCASTEE, SC (WBTW) – A Socastee neighborhood is frustrated with a USPS mail carrier’s on-going behavior of tossing packages. On Thursday afternoon a doorbell camera caught the carrier tossing a package onto Billy Estes’s porch. “We need to know what’s going on at our homes when we’re not there. I mean not only for our […]
Halloween decorations at a home in Brentwood are stirring up some negative attention from the post office. Richard Beatty decorated his home for Halloween and one of the items includes a skeleton hanging from a gallows. Beatty says his African American male carrier told him two days ago that he finds it offensive because it […]
On August 21, 2019, in the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Texas, Wanda Coleman-Gordon, former Secretary-Treasurer of American Postal Workers Union (APWU) Local 1477 and the Texas Postal Workers Union (both located in Tyler, Tex.), was charged in a one-count indictment for embezzling $71,064 in union funds, in violation of 29 […]
St. Louis, MO – DOJ – 10/17/19 – Arielle Steed, 27, of St. Louis, MO, pleaded guilty to one felony charge of aiding and abetting the robbery of a United States Postal employee. Steed appeared in federal court today before United States District Judge Catherine D. Perry who accepted her plea and set her sentencing […]
DOJ – 10/16/19 – A federal grand jury returned an indictment in early October charging a Tulsa woman with stealing mail and destroying post office boxes at a U.S. Post Office station located in south Tulsa, announced U.S. Attorney Trent Shores. The indictment was unsealed today after Hillary Victoria Ginn, 42, was arrested by U.S. […]
10-16-19 – The United States Postal Service today announced that Megan J. Brennan, Postmaster General and Chief Executive Officer, is retiring effective Jan. 31, 2020. “Megan Brennan is a devoted public servant who has helped lead the United States Postal Service though some very challenging circumstances,” said Robert M. Duncan, Chairman of the Board of […]