CLEVELAND – 9/3/26 – Today, a federal jury convicted a father and son for their roles in the pre-meditated murder of an on-duty United States Postal Service (USPS) letter carrier in March of 2024. After a nearly two-week-long trial in front of U.S. District Judge Donald C. Nugent, Kaprise Sledge, 24, of Warren, and Thomas […]
On July 16, 2026, in the United States District Court for the District of South Dakota, Kairik Strehlow, former Treasurer of National Association of Letter Carriers (NALC) Branch 1064 (located in Pierre, S.Dak.), was indicted for one count of embezzlement of union funds totaling $7,731, one count of filing a false union financial report, and […]
SYRACUSE, NEW YORK – 9/1/26 – Delos Thurston, age 28, of Clinton, New York, was sentenced on August 27, 2026, to 3 years’ probation for money order fraud. First Assistant United States Attorney John A. Sarcone III and Matthew M. Modafferi, Special Agent in Charge of the Northeast Area Field Office of the United States […]
ATLANTA – 8/31/25 – Shamarri Tache Brooks, a multi-convicted felon and rapper, was sentenced to federal prison for a fraud scheme involving thousands of checks stolen from the mail. “In addition to personally committing bank fraud, Brooks brazenly marketed and sold fraud tutorials and trafficked thousands of stolen checks worth millions of dollars. Thankfully, Brooks’s […]
LOS ANGELES – 8/28/26 – An aspiring rapper is among two defendants arrested – and a total of three defendants charged – in a 25-count federal grand jury indictment alleging they illegally possessed more than 50 stolen United States Treasury checks and hundreds of other checks belonging to individuals and businesses, totaling more than $8.1 […]
Chicago, IL – 8/28/26 – A joint investigation by the U.S. Postal Inspection Service and Chicago Police Department resulted in the arrest on August 24, 2026, of Lyndell Deyoung, 35, of Chicago, IL. Deyoung was identified as a suspect in the July 19, 2024, shooting death of U.S. Postal Service (USPS) Letter Carrier Octavia […]
TOPEKA, KAN. – 8/28/26 – A former Kansas postmaster pleaded guilty to falsifying money orders in order to embezzle from the U.S. Postal Service (USPS). According to court documents, Sierra Werth, 32, of Quinter pleaded guilty to one count of misappropriation of postal funds. In January 2025, the U.S, Postal Service determined the post office […]
Jovanni Jamison-Lewis Allegedly Stole Gift Cards, Greeting Cards and Lottery Tickets from the Mail Stream; Seven Victims Have Been Identified Since Defendant’s November 2025 Arrest (SUFFOLK COUNTY, N.Y.) – 8/26/26 – Suffolk County District Attorney Raymond A. Tierney today announced that Jovanni Jamison-Lewis, 36, of Mastic Beach, was indicted on charges of Grand Larceny in […]
PORTLAND, Ore.—8/26/26 – The Seaside, Oregon, Postmaster has been charged with possession and distribution of child sexual abuse material and production of obscene visual representations of child sexual abuse, announced U.S. Attorney Scott E. Bradford for the District of Oregon. Ryan Sherman, 36, has been charged by criminal complaint and made his initial appearance in […]
LITTLE ROCK—8/19/26 – George Elliot Gibson, III, will spend the next 48 months in federal prison for assault with the intent to rob two United States Postal employees. Jonathan D. Ross, United States Attorney for the Eastern District of Arkansas, announced the sentence, which was handed down today by United States District Judge D. P. […]