WASHINGTON TOWNSHIP, Mich. – A mail carrier needs surgery Friday after being attacked by a dog that jumped through the window of her truck in Washington Township, according to police. Macomb County deputies confirmed they were called to the scene for reports of a dog bite. Witnesses described the mail carrier’s injuries as “horrifying.” Neighbor […]
5/10/19 – A man has been charged with fatally hitting a postal carrier while driving at a high rate of speed in December in Commerce, the Los Angeles County District Attorney’s Office announced today. Ismael Eduardo Sotelo (dob 4/18/99) faces one felony count of vehicular manslaughter with gross negligence, according to the criminal complaint in […]
5/10/19 – United States Attorney Erica H. MacDonald today announced the sentencing of CHRISTOPHER DOUGLAS WOOD, 43, to eight months of confinement after firing three shotgun rounds at the Federal Reserve Bank building in downtown Minneapolis. WOOD, who pleaded guilty on December 17, 2018, was sentenced before Chief Judge John R. Tunheim in U.S. District […]
Abington, PA, Letter Carrier Dwight Washington USPS News Link – 5/10/19 – Letter Carrier Dwight Washington was recently delivering mail in an Abington, PA, neighborhood when he spotted a house on fire. Washington leapt into action, rushing to pound on the front door and also alert neighbors, who called 911. The Postal Service employee located […]
NALC News – 5/10/19 – The Postal Service’s financial report on Friday shows the Postal Service’s underlying business strength while also indicating the need to address external matters beyond USPS control. Despite increased revenue of $555 million in the first six months of Fiscal Year 2019 compared to the same period last year, USPS reported […]
Revenue of $17.5 billion, essentially unchanged compared to same quarter last year Net loss of $2.1 billion USPS remains focused on aggressive management actions and legislative and regulatory reforms to provide Americans with a financially sustainable Postal Service WASHINGTON – The U.S. Postal Service reported total revenue of $17.5 billion for the second quarter of fiscal […]
DAMASCUS, Md. (ABC7) — A U.S. Postal Service letter carrier is being recognized for delivering heroism on his mail route. Around 11:45 a.m. last Tuesday, mailman Daniel Colon pulled up to a home along Largo Court in Damascus. As he opened a mailbox, Colon noticed smoke wafting into the air. It turned out a Ford […]
5/8/19 – John H. Durham, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, announced that James Lebel, 40, formerly of Brooklyn, Connecticut, was sentenced today by U.S. District Judge Kari A. Dooley in Bridgeport to 30 months of imprisonment, followed by three years of supervised release, for cashing more than $60,000 in stolen postal money […]
DENVER – 5/7/19 – Lorrine Kimmel, age 48, of Weld County, Colorado, was sentenced today by Senior U.S. District Court Judge Wiley Y. Daniel to serve 15 months in federal prison, followed by 3 years on supervised release for defrauding the U.S. Postal Service (USPS) by mail fraud, U.S. Attorney Jason Dunn and U.S. Postal […]
MEMPHIS, Tenn. — Officials have recovered a mail truck in Southaven that was stolen from a mail carrier on route in South Memphis. Kyla Spears, 20, of Memphis was arrested and booked on a charge of receiving stolen property and was taken to the Desoto County Jail. Bond will be set later. Around 1:30 p.m. […]