Memphis, TN – 5/14/26 – On May 8, 2026, United States District Judge Thomas L. Parker sentenced Lakita Carroll, 46, to three and a half years in prison for her role in a conspiracy to commit bank fraud. On April 15, 2026, Judge Parker sentenced Carroll’s son, Marshun Lewis, 25, to 42 years in prison for committing a […]
On April 20, 2026, in the Superior Court of Howard County, Indiana, Samantha Zirkle, former Treasurer of National Association of Letter Carriers (NALC) Branch 533 (located in Kokomo, Ind.), pleaded guilty to one count of theft, a level 5 felony, valued at $50,000 or more, in violation of Indiana Code 35-43-4-2(a)(2)(A). Zirkle was then sentenced […]
On April 16, 2026, in the United States District Court for the District of South Carolina, Columbia Division, LaTanya Gadson, former President of American Postal Workers Union (APWU) Local 795 (located in Sumter, S.C.), was sentenced to five years of probation. Gadson was also ordered to pay $11,474 in restitution and a $25 assessment. On […]
5/13/26 – A Chander, Arizona man was sentenced for conspiracy to distribute heroin and fentanyl. U.S. Attorney Darin Smith announced that Zakary Faccio, 35, will serve 67 months’ imprisonment, followed by four years of supervised release. The sentence was handed down by U.S. District Judge Scott W. Skavdahl on May 5. Faccio was remanded to […]
CLEVELAND – 5/6/26 – A 38-year-old man has pleaded guilty to his role in a drug trafficking conspiracy to transport fentanyl pills from Arizona to North Carolina. Sadai Lopez, of Goodyear, Arizona, pleaded guilty to the following charges in the indictment: Conspiracy to Distribute Fentanyl Distribution of a Controlled Substance According to court documents, from […]
Charges also include illegal gun possession AUGUSTA, Georgia: 5/7/26 – Two men have been sentenced to federal prison after pleading guilty to charges including mail theft. Michael Jermaine Thompson, 24, of North Augusta, South Carolina, was sentenced to 60 months in prison followed by three years of supervised release and fined $2,000 after pleading guilty to […]
5/8/26 – USPS News Link – A letter carrier in Cordele, GA, colluded with scammers to bilk the federal government out of $54 million in COVID-19 pandemic relief funds. Agents from the Labor Department’s Office of Inspector General, or OIG, opened a case after uncovering a network of people who submitted fraudulent unemployment insurance claims […]
KANSAS CITY, Mo. – 4/6/26 – A former U.S. Postal Service employee pleaded guilty in federal court today to embezzling a large amount of U.S. mail. Tiara McGill-Rushing, 34, of Kansas City, Mo., pleaded guilty before United States District Judge Roseann Ketchmark to one count of embezzlement of mail matter by a U.S. Postal Service […]
ST. LOUIS – 5/5/26 – A former U.S. Postal Service supervisor on Monday admitted stealing 89 checks from the mail. Benita D. Randle, 43, pleaded guilty in U.S. District Court in St. Louis to one count of theft of mail by a U.S. Postal Service employee. John W. Harrison, 26, of Black Jack, Missouri, pleaded […]
PHILADELPHIA – 5/5/26 – United States Attorney David Metcalf announced that four defendants: Saahir Irby, 28, and Tauheed Tucker, 24, both of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, Cory Scott, 26, of Ardmore, Pa., and Alexander Telewoda, 26, of Clifton Heights, Pa., have entered pleas of guilty before United States District Judge Joshua D. Wolson on charges of conspiracy […]