A U.S. Postal Service tractor-trailer tumbled off a busy South Jersey highway Friday morning, leaving it perched nearly upright off an overpass. The truck driver collided with a car in the northbound lanes of Interstate 295 in Mount Laurel Township, Burlington County, after 3 a.m., New Jersey State Police said. The big rig then went […]
USPS wants employees to hydrate before, during and after work, even if they don’t feel thirsty. USPS News Link – The Postal Service is reminding employees to stay safe during hot weather. You should hydrate before, during and after work, even if you don’t feel thirsty. Research shows you should drink at least 8 ounces of […]
SPRINGFIELD, Mass. (WWLP) – After a months-long investigation, Springfield police arrested Eric Encarnacion-Medina outside the Belmont Avenue Post Office this week. Surveillance cameras were set up outside the State Street and Belmont Ave. post offices showed the Bronx resident using a key to open mailboxes and stealing the contents. The arrest has people thinking twice […]
BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) – While “neither rain, nor heat, nor gloom of night” is often used to describe the dependability of the U.S. Postal Service, a technical glitch apparently held up delivery to a Buffalo homeless shelter. The Little Portion Friary on Main Street went without mail delivery for two months. That is two months […]
ATHENS, Ga. (FOX 5 Atlanta) – The United States Postal Service restored mail delivery to an Athens apartment on Thursday. It had been suspended because of concerns regarding crime. Once service was stopped, workers at Bethel Midtown Village started picking up the mail to sort it. But, that became too much. Those who wanted their […]
HOLLYWOOD (CBSMiami) – A mother of three children was shot and killed early Wednesday morning in Hollywood. It happened at an apartment building at 5502 Washington Street. Victoria Bain said she was told her sister, Corretta, was shot by her boyfriend and that he drove off in her 2018 Nissan Maxima. Bain said she did […]
BOSTON – When Chris Staros received a text message about a duplicate credit card he didn’t order last year he jumped into action. “I said, ‘Well where did the card get mailed to?’ They said, ‘To your home address,’” Staros said. That credit card never arrived. “What I didn’t realize was that they had impersonated […]
DOJ – 7/9/19 – Jackson, Miss. – Calvin Taylor, 51, of Yazoo City, was sentenced today by U.S. District Judge Carlton W. Reeves to 48 months of supervised probation for embezzling parcels of mail during the course of his employment with the U.S. Postal Service, announced U.S. Attorney Mike Hurst and Special Agent in Charge […]
Marshall Man Sentenced To 24 Months In Federal Prison For Failure To Pay Employee Payroll Taxes DOJ – July 03, 2019 – Fort Smith, AR – Duane (DAK) Kees, United States Attorney for the Western District of Arkansas, announced today that Eric De Priest, age 47, of Marshall, Arkansas, was sentenced Monday to serve 24 […]
On June 17, 2019, in the United States District Court for the District of New Hampshire, the Department filed suit against American Postal Workers Union (APWU) Local 230 (located in Manchester, N.H.). The lawsuit seeks to nullify the union’s March 2, 2019 election of the offices of president, executive vice-president, secretary-treasurer, clerk craft director, maintenance […]