LEXINGTON, Ky. (WKYT) – 12/10/15 – With just two weeks until Christmas, you may be keeping your eye out for a deliver or two if you’ve been shopping online. But thieves might be watching your porch, too, hoping to grab those packages before you get them. It’s a busy time of year for the U.S. […]
BIRMINGHAM, AL (WBRC) – 12/10/15 – A viewer in Birmingham submitted surprising video of a United States postal employee throwing a package at her front door. The video was captured by a home security camera. The viewer says the package contained her baby’s first Christmas present. She filed a complaint through customer service. Read more WSFA.com Montgomery […]
GREENBRIER COUNTY (WVVA) – 12/10/15 – The West Virginia State Police are investigating a postal service scam in Ronceverte. Troopers say three different people have impersonated an area mail carrier. The first incident happened Tuesday evening in the parking lot of a grocery store in Fairlea. The impersonator targeted a Ronceverte resident and said she was […]
MILWAUKEE — Milwaukee police say the mail van that was taken during a carjacking on Wednesday, December 9th has been found — but the mail that was inside, and the suspect responsible for the carjacking have not. The mail van was located near 38th and Ruby Wednesday night, December 9th. A neighbor discovered the van […]
ALBUQUERQUE (KRQE) – 12/10/15 – Police lapel video and a 911 call reveal just how close an Albuquerque mailman was to getting shot while on the job in his work truck. Bullet holes riddled the U.S. Postal Service carrier’s truck, just missing him. The mailman was on the phone with 911 to report a threat when […]
DENVER – The United States Postal Service is preparing for the future by testing new machinery and mailboxes during the holiday rush. More
MILWAUKEE – 12/10/15 – A carjacking was caught on camera in Milwaukee on Wednesday, December 9th. The victim — a mail carrier, who was terrified when she realized the gunman was going to take her vehicle. It was all captured via surveillance cameras. The suspect got away with the vehicle, and the mail inside. Read more
ORLANDO, FL – 12/10/15 – An alert mail carrier became a crime fighter when he spotted two burglars stealing from a house on his route, authorities said. Beth Schafer was at work Monday when just after 10 a.m. she got a call from police saying that someone had broken into her house in Orlando, Florida. […]
Tim Norton, a USPS representative, said package deliveries, especially those from online retailers, have been a major driver of business for the postal service. “Packages overall have picked up enormously over the last three to four years, and it’s because people can order things and they can ship them with the postal service,” Norton said. […]
SAN DIEGO – Jack Zeljko Pasic pleaded guilty earlier today to defrauding the U.S. Postal Service out of postage due on over 9,000 packages shipped from San Diego to eBay customers throughout the United States between April 2009 and October 2010. From 2008 through 2010, Pasic ran a company, Diavega, which sold items to customers […]