EASLEY, SC (FOX Carolina) – The Pickens County Sheriff’s Office said over the past five weeks, mail has been stolen from residential mailboxes in the Dacusville and Easley areas. On Jan. 21 and Feb. 15, mail was stolen from mailboxes on Clear Dawn Drive and Hollywood Drive. Deputies said 26-year-old Joshua Paul Jackson and 30-year-old […]
On February 3, 2016, in the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Michigan, Lawrence Moyer, President of American Postal Workers Union (APWU) Local 6723 (located in Troy, Mich.), was charged in a criminal complaint with one count of embezzling $2,599 in union funds, in violation of 29 U.S.C. 501(c). The charge follows […]
On January 27, 2016, in the United States District Court for the Northern District of Texas, Nereida Norris, Clerk Craft Director of American Postal Workers Union (APWU) Local 98 (located in Fort Worth, Tex.), was charged in a one-count information for making a false statement, in violation of 18 U.S.C. 1001. The charge follows an […]
On January 27, 2016, in the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Missouri, John McCain, former Secretary-Treasurer of National Association of Letter Carriers (NALC) Branch 1016 (located in Poplar Bluff, Mo.), was indicted on one count of embezzlement of $30,948 in labor union funds, in violation of 29 U.S.C. 501(c). The indictment […]
On January 26, 2016, in the United States District Court for South Dakota, Southern Division, Susan Haugen, former Treasurer of the South Dakota American Postal Workers of America (APWU) State Association (located in Huron, S.D.), pled guilty to one count of embezzlement of union funds in the amount of $30,782, in violation of 29 U.S.C. […]
On January 19, 2016, in the United States District Court for the Western District of Michigan, Jesus Gonzales, former President of American Postal Workers Union (APWU) Local 300 (formerly Local 488-489), located in Lansing, Mich., pled guilty to making false entries in financial records required to be kept by the LMRDA, in violation of 29 […]
MASON CITY, Iowa – 1/22/16 – Authorities say about 50 to 100 people in the area have had their mail stolen. Jim O’Hara, a postal inspector from Des Moines, says this started around Christmas, including mail coming in and going out. Authorities say it’s mostly letter mail being affected. Residents in Mason City, Clear Lake, […]
PROVIDENCE, R.I. – 1/08/16 – Joan Manuel Mustafa, 28, of Providence, was sentenced today to 24 months in federal prison for his role in a conspiracy to steal U.S. Treasury checks from the U.S. mail, and either sell them on the street or deposit them in bank accounts opened with stolen or fraudulent personal information. The bank […]
On December 3, 2015, in the Smith County Court in the State of Texas, Stanley Buchanan, former President of National Association of Letter Carriers (NALC) Branch 493 (located in Tyler, Tex.), was charged in an indictment for credit card abuse in the amount of $7,776, in violation of Texas Penal Code 32.31(b)(3). The indictment follows […]
KATY, TX (KTRK) – 12/31/15 – Thieves stole mail from two Katy-area post office bins Tuesday morning, according to a postal inspector. A note from the postal inspector is taped onto a bin located on Fourth Street in Historic Katy. The note warns residents who use that outdoor bin to monitor their banking accounts closely. […]