On March 3, 2015, in the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia, Norfolk Division, Jeffrey Jones, former President of National Association of Letter Carriers (NALC) Branch 6066 (located in Chesapeake, Va.), was sentenced to one year of probation and was ordered to pay restitution of $7,649. On November 20, 2014, Jones pled […]
Investigation Exposed Woman Who Fraudulently Collected $250,000 in Federal Benefits; Received Food Stamps While Taking Postal Disability Payments Baltimore, Maryland – U.S. District Judge Marvin J. Garbis sentenced Colette Lee, age 49, of Baltimore, today to 18 months confinement, followed by three years of supervised release for making false statements to obtain federal employee […]
On March 3, 2015, in the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia, Norfolk Division, Jeffrey Jones, former President of National Association of Letter Carriers (NALC) Branch 6066 (located in Chesapeake, Va.), was sentenced to one year of probation and was ordered to pay restitution of $7,649. On November 20, 2014, Jones […]
Someone left their mark on several postal vehicles over the weekend. It happened in the lot behind the south Omaha Post Office near 24th and L Saturday night. WOWT 6 News acquired a police report which noted 17 postal vans were damaged by graffiti. More
CHESTERFIELD, Va. – In broad daylight, with customers inside, two men attempted to rob a post office. The crime happened around 4 p.m. Tuesday, at the Ampthill Branch in Chesterfield, off Meadowdale. The U.S postal inspector said the men had a semi-automatic weapon when they demanded cash from clerks inside. More
Police say an arrest warrant was issued for a Viola, Illinois man in connection with an armed robbery at the Taylor Ridge Post Office that took place in January. According to a statement from Rock Island County Sheriff Gerry Bustos, an arrest warrant for 39-year-old Walker L. Hampton of Viola was issued Friday, February 27, […]
CHAGRIN FALLS, Ohio – Was a local postal carrier delivering more than just the mail? He faces charges, accusing him of using drugs on the job. Bennie James Motley III, 20, of Maple Heights was charged Tuesday with drug trafficking, theft and possessing marijuana and drug paraphernalia. Police say he was a postal carrier, working […]
SEATTLE, Wash. — There’s a troubling crime on the rise in King County, and residents in one North Seattle neighborhood have had enough. “It makes you really uncomfortable,” said Heather Campbell, who lives in Seattle’s Pinehurst neighborhood. “It’s one of those things that you don’t know how to protect against.” The postal inspector says mail […]
A United States Postal Service employee has resigned after someone said they spotted him throwing a pile of mail in a dumpster in San Jose. Gus Ruiz, a spokesman for the USPS San Jose area, said the employee was new on the job and wanted to lighten his load. More
BOCA RATON, Fla. — Two postal workers say they were robbed early Wednesday morning at a United States Postal Service processing center at 2800 N. Military Trail. Boca Raton police say the two postal workers showed up at the processing center at around 3 a.m. One of the employees went inside, while the other remained […]