NALC – 1/29/25 – Reps. Stephen Lynch (D-MA) and Nick LaLota (R-NY) introduced a House resolution (H.Res. 70) that calls on Congress to take all appropriate measures to ensure that the Postal Service remains an independent establishment of the federal government and not subject to privatization. “Letter carriers take great pride in the work they […]
Tampa, Florida – 1/28/25 – U.S. District Judge Charlene Honeywell has sentenced Jordan Murray (20, Tampa) to nine years and six months in federal prison for armed robbery of a postal mail carrier and brandishing a firearm in relation to that crime. Jordan Brown (21, Tampa) was sentenced to two years and six months in […]
NEWARK, N.J. – 1/28/25 – A Bronx man formerly employed by the United States Postal Service as a sorting clerk admitted to theft of mail, Acting U.S. Attorney Vikas Khanna announced. Shelby Dozier, 34, of the Bronx, New York, pleaded guilty before U.S. District Court Judge Esther Salas to an Information charging him with theft […]
INDIANAPOLIS— 1/27/25 – Robert Powell, 23, of Indianapolis, has been sentenced to 79 months in federal prison, followed by three years of supervised release, after pleading guilty to robbery of mail. According to court documents, on the morning of June 15, 2022, a United States Postal Service worker was in a Postal truck delivering mail […]
BOSTON – 1/27/25 – A former United States Postal Service (USPS) employee pleaded guilty today in federal court in Boston to theft of mail and theft of government funds. Michael Murray, 37, of Lynn, pleaded guilty to one count of theft of mail matter by an employee and one count of theft of government money. […]
SOUTH BEND – 1/25/25 – Late yesterday, Orlando Rodriguez-Roman, 42 years old, of Goshen, Indiana, was convicted of three felony counts after a three-day jury trial before United States District Court Judge Damon R. Leichty, announced Acting United States Attorney Tina L. Nommay. Rodriguez-Roman was found guilty of attempted possession with intent to distribute 500 […]
Washington, DC – 1/23/25 – Congresswoman Harriet Hageman (R-WY) signed a letter to President Trump, led by Congressman Jack Bergman (MI-01), calling on the President to suspend the USPS’s “Delivering for America” (DFA) plan, citing its harmful impact on rural and remote communities. Hageman and her colleagues expressed serious concerns over how key elements of the […]
OMB and OPM Statement Regarding the Recent Federal Civilian Hiring Freeze Postal employees see (4). Other Exemptions – D Purpose: This memorandum provides additional guidance regarding the freeze on the hiring of federal civilian employees as directed by the President on January 20, 2025, via Presidential Memorandum (PM) entitled “Hiring Freeze.” This guidance clarifies immediate […]
NBC News: Who wrote Project 2025? The plan was created and released by the Heritage Foundation think tank. Not Trump. At least 100 conservative groups, many with alumni from the Trump administration, came together to craft the proposals for a vast restructuring of the federal government — from installing more political appointees at the Justice Department […]
LITTLE ROCK—1/17/25 – Candace Chapman Scott, 37, of Little Rock, will serve a total of 15 years in federal prison for transporting stolen human body parts—including fetuses—out of Arkansas and conspiracy to commit mail fraud. Jonathan D. Ross, United States Attorney for the Eastern District of Arkansas, announced the sentence, which was handed down on […]