1/21/26 – David X. Sullivan, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, announced that EZEKIEL BAILEY, 33, of Brooklyn, New York, was sentenced today by U.S. District Judge Vernon D. Oliver in Hartford to 24 months of imprisonment and one year of supervised release for using stolen identities to defraud the U.S. Postal Service. […]
Donald Spivey led a group that trafficked cocaine and other drugs in Dane County MADISON, WIS. – 1/20/26 – Chadwick M. Elgersma, Acting United States Attorney for the Western District of Wisconsin, announced that Donald Spivey, 43, Spring, Texas, was sentenced January 16, 2026, by U.S. District Judge William M. Conley to 9 years in […]
BUFFALO, N.Y.- 1/16/26 – U.S. Attorney Michael DiGiacomo announced today that Anita D. Miller, 42, of Jamestown, NY, who was convicted of theft of mail by a postal employee and delay of mail by a postal employee, was sentenced to serve three years’ probation and 100 community service by U.S. District Judge Lawrence J. Vilardo. […]
PORTLAND, Ore.—1/15/26 – A Brush Prairie, Washington, woman pleaded guilty yesterday and was sentenced for mail theft while working as a U.S. Postal Service (USPS) employee. Darcy Rae Nolan, 57, pleaded guilty to the information charging theft of mail by an officer or employee. Nolan was sentenced to two years of probation. The court ordered […]
The man was selling them to a ringleader from a drug gang USPS – 1/14/26 – A former mail carrier in Pennsylvania who stole 300 Postal Service money orders and several hundred pieces of mail is now serving time in federal prison. The ex-employee’s conviction was part of an investigation by the USPS Office of […]
Memphis, TN – 1/13/26 – On January 9, 2026, a federal jury delivered a guilty verdict in the case of Marshun Lewis, 25, who was charged with committing a series of armed robberies of United States postal carriers in August 2023 and October, November, and December of 2024 in the Western District of Tennessee. Lewis […]
1/8/26 – David X. Sullivan, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, announced that MICHAEL MIHALKO, 42, of Bridgeport, was sentenced today by U.S. District Judge Robert N. Chatigny in Hartford to 18 months of imprisonment and three years of supervised release for trafficking methamphetamine. According to court documents and statements made in court, […]
ALBUQUERQUE – 1/7/26 – A former treasurer of a New Mexico labor organization is facing federal charges for allegedly abusing his position of trust within a union to misuse union funds and conceal that conduct through false financial reporting. According to court records, from 2014 through early 2024, Max Jaramillo, 58, served as treasurer of the […]
NEWARK, N.J. – 1/8/26 – Three men were charged with conspiracy to commit bank fraud connected to theft of mail from collection boxes and postal vehicles across Northern New Jersey, Senior Counsel Philip Lamparello announced today. Jeffrey Bennett, a/k/a “Bizz,” a/k/a “Riley Smith,” 31, of Irvington and Rahway, New Jersey, Aquil Hubbard, 31, of Middlesex […]
On November 24, 2025, in the Circuit Court of Manatee County, Florida, Kathleen Kaplan former Secretary-Treasurer of American Postal Workers Union (APWU) Local 7136 (located in Tallevast, Fla.), was sentenced to 366 days in state prison, 120 months of community control, and 323 months of probation. Kaplan was also ordered to pay $230,000 in restitution. […]