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 […]
CHICAGO – 6/16/21 – Wanda Prater is out as Chicago’s Postmaster General, following months of mail delivery complaints, according to Congressman Bobby Rush. Rush says Eddie C. Morgan has replaced Prater, effective Saturday, June 12. In February, Congressman Rush called for Prater’s immediate resignation or firing after results of an Inspector General report found thousands of pieces […]
CLEVELAND (WJW)– The FOX 8 I-Team learned a dispute over a parking issue may have led to a postal carrier being shot. The I-Team obtained police body camera video that shows an officer speaking to the victim shortly after he was shot in the arm. The shooting happened on East 88th Street in Cleveland at about 3 p.m. […]
? PAWTUCKET, R.I. (WPRI) — 6/9/21 – A United States Postal Service worker says he was abducted earlier this month, and court documents indicate it may have been related to drug trafficking. According to the criminal complaint, the postal carrier reported being forced into a car at gunpoint on the afternoon of June 1 outside […]