ALEXANDRIA, Va. – 7/15/25 – A Falls Church woman pled guilty today to causing damage to property of the United States. According to court documents, on Jan. 16, mail carrier Lolita Brickhouse, 31, had concluded her work shift and began looking for her cellphone. Brickhouse began accusing other USPS employees and supervisors of stealing her […]
7/15/25 – David X. Sullivan, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, announced that IXAVIER HOLMAN, JR., 34, of Secaucus, New Jersey, was sentenced today by U.S. District Judge Sarala V. Nagala in Hartford to three years of probation, the first six months of which Holman must serve in home detention, for stealing mail […]
7/14/25 – Jacksonville, Florida – United States Attorney Gregory W. Kehoe announces that Bryan Roger Byers (57, Jacksonville), a United States Postal Service employee, has pleaded guilty to being in possession of a firearm as an unlawful drug user. Byers faces up to 15 years in federal prison. A sentencing date has not yet been […]
TOLEDO, Ohio – 7/10/25 – Marcus Gaines, 34, of Toledo, Ohio, has pleaded guilty to his role in a drug trafficking scheme that used the U.S. Postal Service (USPS) to distribute controlled substances. According to court documents, USPS received a package in June 2024 which postal inspectors suspected of containing narcotics. A federal search warrant […]
McALLEN, Texas – 7/9/25 – A 57-year-old Mission resident has pleaded guilty to mail fraud and diverting company funds for her own benefit, announced U.S. Attorney Nicholas J. Ganjei. Elizabeth Batten was the director of financing at McCreery Aviation in the Rio Grande Valley from 2019 to 2023. As part of her plea, she admitted […]
EVANSVILLE, IN – 7/2/25 – Michael Jerome Wright, 45, and Cortney Lashea Young, 36, of Princeton, Indiana, have been sentenced to 12 and 2 years in federal prison, respectively, for their roles in a mail theft scheme. Wright pleaded guilty to mail theft, unlawful possession of a mail key, access device fraud, aggravated identity theft, […]
SALT LAKE CITY, Utah – 7/2/25 – Wilber Castellanos Hernandez, 33, an undocumented Mexican citizen, was sentenced to 30 months’ imprisonment after he pleaded guilty to carjacking a U.S. Postal Service Truck and threatening the U.S. Postal Service employee. In addition to his term of imprisonment, U.S. District Court Judge David Barlow sentenced Hernandez to […]
CHICAGO — 6/27/25 – A United States District Court judge sitting in Chicago has sentenced a man to nearly six years in federal prison for assaulting and robbing a U.S. Postal Service mail carrier in a Chicago suburb. MALIK WASHINGTON robbed the mail carrier on Oct. 23, 2023, in Harvey, Ill. The mail carrier was delivering […]
6/26/25 – A Canadian national accused of operating fraudulent prize notice schemes was extradited to the United States and made his initial appearance in Las Vegas federal court on June 18, the Department of Justice and U.S. Postal Inspection Service announced today. Patrick Fraser, 44, of Alberta, Canada, will face federal charges of conspiracy and […]
BOSTON – 6/23/25 – A former U.S. Postal Service (USPS) employee was sentenced today in federal court in Boston for embezzling over $18,000. Christine Hedges, 47, of Brockton, was sentenced by U.S. District Court Judge Allison D. Burroughs to three years of probation. Hedges was also ordered to pay $18,939.58 in restitution and forfeiture. In […]