Former Local Union Vice President Pleads Guilty to Operating Overtime Kickback Scheme in the Allentown Post Office PHILADELPHIA – 11/03/21 – Acting United States Attorney Jennifer Arbittier Williams announced that Joseph Whitbeck, 56, of Tamaqua, PA, pleaded guilty to multiple fraud charges before United States District Court Judge Edward G. Smith stemming from his operation […]
“When I looked at the papers, I noticed it was mail. It was tons of mail,” one resident said. PHILADELPHIA (WPVI) — 10/13/21 – United States Postal Service inspectors said they are working to determine who is responsible for dumping dozens of pieces of personal mail in Philadelphia’s Eastwick section. “It’s crazy, it’s crazy,” said […]
A beloved postal worker who was shot and killed on the job is being remembered as a hard worker who loved his family; KDKA’s Jessica Guay reports. A federal investigation is underway after a man shot and killed a poster worker in Collier Township because he believed the postal worker was poisoning him and his […]
CHICAGO — 9/29/21 – Seven former U.S. Postal Service employees in the Chicago area have been charged with participating in schemes to steal credit cards and other financial instruments from the mail. The indictments are the latest charges in “Operation Cash on Delivery,” a federal investigation that previously resulted in conspiracy charges against several other former […]
HOUSTON, Texas (KTRK) — 9/16/21 – A man who was reportedly shot two times by a postal worker after an argument at a Midtown gas station was up, talking and walking, just a few hours after the violent altercation. ABC 13 Houston
DENVER (KDVR) — 9/2/21 – A not-so-special delivery made to a Denver man was captured on doorbell video. A loud thud announced Sean White’s delivery had arrived at the front of his house. “I heard a loud thump,” White said. “The mailman had already delivered the mail so I kind of thought, what is that?” […]
NALC – 8/6/21 – The postal revenue increase over the same quarter last year makes two things clear. The first is how much the American people and their businesses rely on the Postal Service. During the pandemic, letter carriers have helped tens of millions of Americans shelter safely at home, while also helping them vote […]
HERNANDO, Miss. — A postal worker is behind bars after police say she used a screwdriver to stab the postmaster at the Hernando post office Tuesday morning. Police said Tamekia Lashea Scott stabbed the victim multiple times around 9 a.m. at the post office on Commerce Street. By 6 p.m., the victim had been released […]
HOUSTON, Texas (KTRK) — 7/5/21 – A group that feels they could make a dent in the mail theft problem said they are not being allowed to. Frank Albergo, president of the Postal Police Officer’s Association, said officers have been sidelined by USPS since August 2020. “Essentially, the postal service defunded the postal police force,” […]
TERRYTOWN, La. (WGNO) — Soon-to-be mother of two, Yeimi Alcantara, couldn’t believe her eyes when she watched video footage captured by her doorbell camera attached to the front door of her home in Terrytown, La., on Sunday afternoon. Alcantara, who is currently seven months pregnant with her second child, watched in disbelief as a United State […]