On March 15, 2016, in the United States District Court for the District of South Carolina, Sharon Holmes, former Secretary-Treasurer of American Postal Workers Union (APWU) Local 807 (located in Columbia, S.C.), pled guilty to one count of embezzlement in the amount of $41,823, in violation of 29 U.S.C. 501(c). The guilty plea follows an investigation […]
On March 14, 2016, in the United States District Court for the Western District of Michigan, Northern Division, Timothy Roy Casperson, former Treasurer of National Association of Letter Carriers (NALC) Branch 249 (located in Menominee, Mich.), was sentenced to one year of probation and was ordered to pay a $500 fine and a $100 special assessment. […]
Kemper County, MS – Two people have been arrested for allegedly robbing a postal worker outside a Kemper County post office. The Kemper County Sheriff’s Department has charged Jerome Benamon and Edward Mobley with armed robbery. Sheriff James Moore says the postal worker was collecting mail from the site when three subjects held the worker […]
You’ve probably heard that the red flag on your mailbox is actually a green light for thieves to steal what you’re sending, but now you need to consider the safety of the drop box at the post office. Largo police have arrested 33-year-old Gustavo Eduardo Nunez Suarez after detectives say they caught him Friday night […]
Argus Leader – 4/11/16 – The former treasurer of the South Dakota Postal Workers Union who admitted to embezzling more than $30,000 was sentenced Monday to one year of federal probation. Susan M. Haugen was indicted on three counts of embezzlement and theft of labor union assets. She took a deal with prosecutors that ended […]
Tampa, Florida – United States Attorney A. Lee Bentley, III announces the unsealing of an indictment charging Stacy Darnell Mitchell (48, Tampa) with theft of government property and theft of mail. If convicted on all counts, he faces a maximum penalty of 15 years in federal prison. According to the indictment, between in or about […]
SCRANTON – The United States Attorney’s Office for the Middle District of Pennsylvania announced today that Joseph Stefanski, age 35, Wilkes-Barre, was indicted by a federal grand jury on March 1, 2016 in Scranton for theft of mail. The indictment was unsealed today following his arrest. According to United States Attorney Peter Smith, the indictment […]
DALLAS — A husband and wife from Fort Worth, Texas, have been sentenced for their roles in a postal insurance theft scheme they ran in north Texas, and elsewhere, announced U.S. Attorney John Parker of the Northern District of Texas. Sabrina Bourbois, 32, was sentenced by U.S. District Judge Sidney A. Fitzwater to 21 months in […]
ROCHESTER, N.Y.-U.S. Attorney William J. Hochul Jr. announced today that Sheila Fullmer, 60, of Caledonia, NY, pleaded guilty today before U.S. Magistrate Judge Marian W. Payson to engaging in theft during the course of performing her official government duties. The charge carries a maximum penalty of 10 years in prison and a $250,000 fine. Assistant […]
FARGO, ND – A U.S. Postal Service manager in Fargo is accused of stealing $700 in cash from a bank deposit envelope accidentally dropped into a mail collection box. Andrea Marie Eberhardt, distribution operations manager at the downtown Fargo post office, was charged Monday in Cass County District Court with felony theft. On Dec. 9, […]