ATLANTA – 9/18/25 – Walter Alexander Argueta-Aguilar, an illegal alien from El Salvador, and Jorge Manuel Zamora Cano have been sentenced for their roles in shipping and distributing tens of thousands of fentanyl-laced pills disguised as prescription medication. “Argueta-Aguilar and Cano profited from the opioid epidemic and endangered thousands of lives by trafficking fentanyl-laced pills […]
9/22/25 – Today, Congressman Rick W. Allen (GA-12) issued the following statement in response to the closure of the United States Postal Service (USPS) Contract Postal Unit (CPU) at Surrey Center Pharmacy in Augusta. “The closing of the USPS CPU at Surrey Center Pharmacy is extremely disappointing to me and many others in our community. Since […]
9/16/25 – Today, U.S. Representatives Rick W. Allen (R-GA-12) and George Whitesides (D-CA-27) introduced the Contract Postal Unit Transparency Act, legislation designed to require the United States Postal Service (USPS) to provide reports on how the closure of contract postal units (CPUs) will impact residents and allow for public hearings before any closure takes place. “I am proud […]
ALBANY, NEW YORK –9/18/25 – Matthew Dundas, age 26, of Petersburgh, New York, pled guilty on Tuesday to money order fraud. Acting United States Attorney John A. Sarcone III and Matthew M. Modafferi, Special Agent in Charge of the Northeast Area Field Office of the United States Postal Service, Office of Inspector General (“USPS-OIG”), made […]
WASHINGTON – 9/18/25 – U.S. Senator Mike Rounds (R-S.D.) sent a letter to Postmaster General David Steiner urging him to restore reliable mail service in South Dakota. Customers across the state are facing persistent delays, with letters and newspapers mailed within the state taking weeks to arrive. “Feedback from my constituents is clear: USPS service […]
BEAUMONT, Texas – 9/16/25 – A Beaumont man has been sentenced to federal prison for a carjacking offense in the Eastern District of Texas, announced Acting U.S. Attorney Jay R. Combs. Jody Lee Bass, 35, pleaded guilty to carjacking and was sentenced to 78 months in federal prison by U.S. District Judge Marcia A. Crone […]
CINCINNATI – 9/12/25 – Treyvon Alexander, 21, of Georgetown, Kentucky, was sentenced in U.S. District Court today to 72 months in prison for orchestrating the largest known theft of checks from the mail in Cincinnati. As part of his sentence, Alexander is ordered to pay more than half a million dollars in restitution. According to […]
OAKLAND –9/17/25 – California Attorney General Rob Bonta today announced the felony convictions of 72 individuals involved in a widespread mail theft and postal fraud operation that resulted in the theft of nearly $6 million from hundreds of people. The defendants — who operated out of multiple counties across California, including Los Angeles County and […]
9/19/25 – ASHEVILLE, N.C. – Sandra “Sandy” Cannon Throneburg, 74, of Morganton, N.C., appeared before U.S. Magistrate Judge W. Carleton Metcalf today and pleaded guilty to workers’ compensation fraud, announced Russ Ferguson, U.S. Attorney for the Western District of North Carolina. Kathleen Woodson, Executive Special Agent in Charge of the United States Postal Service, Office […]
9/15/25 – David X. Sullivan, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, and Ketty Larco-Ward, Inspector in Charge of the U.S. Postal Inspection Service, Boston Division, announced that EZEKIEL BAILEY, 33, of Brooklyn, New York, waived his right to be indicted and pleaded guilty today in New Haven federal court to an identity theft […]