CHICAGO (CBS) — A mail carrier was caught red-handed – he was supposed to be hard at work, but instead, recorded video shows he had a woman in his truck with him, and the mail from a Northwest Side Chicago neighborhood. The mail truck was parked just a couple houses away, while the worker and […]
DOJ – 9/18/19 – COLUMBUS, Ohio – A former United States Postal Carrier pleaded guilty in U.S. District Court today to stealing mail parcels that contained narcotics and then selling those narcotics in his neighborhood. Ricky Lee Harris Germany, 32, of Columbus, pleaded guilty to one count of conspiring to possess with intent to distribute […]
Fed up neighbors are starting a petition drive to get rid of the boxes after the recent rash of thefts. STOCKTON, Calif. — Ken Thompson has had enough. He wants something better now that his community mailbox has been broken into near Weston Ranch High School. “People should stop stealing, get a job…you’re taking people’s […]
The Hatch Act prohibits USPS and other federal employees from engaging in political activity in the workplace. USPS News Link – 9/17/19 – The 2020 presidential primary season is around the corner, and so USPS is reminding employees to follow the rules established under the Hatch Act. The Hatch Act is a law that prohibits postal and […]
HELENA-WEST HELENA, Ark. — Police in Helena-West Helena are following leads and vow to make an arrest in Monday’s armed robbery of a bank and attempted robbery of a post office. Now, new evidence is emerging. When the gunman wearing a “Scream” mask entered the post office lobby, employees went into a safe area, allegedly abandoning customer […]
Sept. 12, 2019 — ABC 7 was on the scene of the first of multiple arrests in a wide-ranging drug bust that involved the Amarillo Police Department, US Postal Service Inspectors and the Drug Enforcement Agency. This is exclusive video of the scene where one postal worker was taken into custody at his home in […]
DOJ – 9/12/19 – NEWARK, N.J. – Five Paterson, New Jersey, men have admitted their roles in a scheme to steal checks worth more than $300,000 from U.S. Postal Service (USPS) mail collection boxes throughout New Jersey, U.S. Attorney Craig Carpenito announced. Jerry Lake-Rodriguez, 26, pleaded guilty today before U.S. District Judge Claire C. Cecchi […]
SHREVEPORT, La (KTAL/KMSS) – The mailman who was murdered while working his route was honored Thursday by his fellow postal workers. The local postal union wanted to take time to remember and honor Antonio Williams. Daniel Hatchett local chapter president described Williams as a brother and part of their extended family. “We lost more than […]
NATIONAL CITY, Calif. (KGTV) – A U.S. Postal Service deliveryman was pinned against his mail van in National City Thursday when a driver having a seizure struck him, witnesses said. Surveillance video shows the sedan crash into the USPS worker as he stood at the back of his van at 2907 Highland Ave. Witnesses jumped […]
DOJ – 9/11/19 – LITTLE ROCK—A letter carrier from West Memphis was sentenced Wednesday for his role in a methamphetamine conspiracy that federal authorities have charged as Operation “Money Don’t Sleep.” Hayward Cleavon Shaw, 44, was sentenced to 90 months in federal prison by U.S. District Judge James M. Moody. Cody Hiland, United States Attorney […]