DOL – 6/19/19 – Jackson, Miss. – Jasmine Marshall, 29, of Lexington, was sentenced yesterday by U.S. District Judge Carlton W. Reeves to 12 months’ probation for theft of mail while she was a U.S. Postal Service employee, announced U.S. Attorney Mike Hurst and Inspector in Charge Adrian Gonzalez with the U.S. Postal Service Office […]
Withholding changes made last year as a result of the new tax law may have a different effect if left in place for all of 2019. USPS News Link – 6/18/19 – The IRS is encouraging Postal Service and other employees to review their 2019 federal income tax withholding. According to the IRS, withholding changes […]
NALC – A bipartisan majority of the House of Representatives has now cosponsored House Resolution 23 (H. Res. 23), which expresses the sense that the U.S. Postal Service should take all appropriate measures to ensure the continuation of door delivery for all business and residential customers. It now has 220 cosponsors. Thanks to the efforts […]
DOL – 6/14/19 – BOSTON – A Florida man pleaded guilty today in federal court in Boston in connection with the fraudulent abuse of the U.S. Postal Service’s (USPS) Informed Delivery electronic notification system. Peter Belony, 34, of Margate, Fla., pleaded guilty to one count of conspiracy to commit wire fraud. U.S. District Court Judge […]
The dog broke its leg and loss extensive blood. Ultimately, ending up dying after surgery DEWEYVILLE, Texas — A Deweyville family says a US Postal Service worker drove down their driveway and hit their dog while delivering a package. The incident happened on May 30th. Ultimately, the dog ended up dying after going through emergency […]
DOL – 6/14/19 – NEW ORLEANS – United States Attorney Peter G. Strasser announced that COURTNEY C. DUPLESSIS (“DUPLESSIS”), age 30, of New Orleans, Louisiana, was sentenced yesterday for Theft of Mail, in violation of Title 18, United States Code, Section 1709. According to court records, DUPLESSIS was employed by the United States Postal Service as a Letter Carrier […]
WASHINGTON COUNTY, Ark. (KFTA) — Mayors of two small Washington County cities are speaking out over their frustrations with the United States Postal Service. “Little towns across America that are the backbone of the United States aren’t getting their fair shake,” Tontitown Mayor Paul Colvin said. Three separate zip codes cover the city of Tontitown. […]
A man was furious when video shot at his Florida City home showed two postal workers throwing packages addressed to him over the fence, breaking one of the items inside. Andres Gonzalez says the items he ordered from Amazon were delivered to his home by United States Postal Service workers, but the camera on the […]
DOL – 6/12/19 – Ariana Farjado Orshan, U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of Florida, and Steven Stuller, Deputy Special Agent in Charge, U.S. Postal Service Office of Inspector General (USPS OIG) announced that Alexei Rivero, 46, of Miami, Florida, pled guilty yesterday before U.S. District Judge Darrin P. Gayles, to a two-count wire fraud indictment, […]
A carjacking suspect in a mail truck was captured Saturday after he tried to ram two Flagler County deputies along Interstate 95 during a pursuit, authorities said. Jesse Estep, 29, was apprehended after he swerved off the road and crashed near a woodline about two miles north of the Old Dixie Highway exit, according to […]