Indianapolis felon sentenced to 175 months’ imprisonment for machine gun possession and mail theft scheme

Indianapolis felon sentenced to 175 months’ imprisonment for machine gun possession and mail theft scheme

INDIANAPOLIS – 7/24/25 – A district judge sentenced an Indianapolis felon to spend nearly 15 years in federal prison after he was found in possession of a machine gun and altered checks stolen from the mail valued at more than $1.2 million. In April 2024, a jury convicted Derrick Barbour, 28, of Indianapolis, also known […]

Carson Woman and Former USPS Employee Pleads Guilty to Stealing Checks and Credit Cards from the Mail

Carson Woman and Former USPS Employee Pleads Guilty to Stealing Checks and Credit Cards from the Mail

LOS ANGELES – 8/11/25 – A South Bay woman who formerly worked as a letter carrier for the United States Postal Service in Torrance pleaded guilty today to stealing checks and debit and credit cards from the mail then selling them to her accomplices for three years, using the illicitly obtained funds to take international […]

New Orleans Woman Guilty of Theft of Mail by Postal Employee

New Orleans Woman Guilty of Theft of Mail by Postal Employee

NEW ORLEANS, LOUISIANA – 8/7/25 – Acting U.S. Attorney Michael M. Simpson announced that on August 5, 2025, KANESHA FLORENCE (“FLORENCE”), age 28, pled guilty to theft of mail by a postal employee, in violation of Title 18, United States Code, Section 1709. According to court records, on February 6, 2023, FLORENCE allegedly unlawfully stole and removed a greeting card […]

Louisiana Postal Employee Sentenced for Destruction of U.S. Mail

Louisiana Postal Employee Sentenced for Destruction of U.S. Mail

NEW ORLEANS, LOUISIANA – 8/4/25 – Acting United States Attorney Michael M. Simpson announced today that JORRY HARRISON (“HARRISON”), age 38, of Houma, Louisiana, was sentenced on July 31, 2025 to one year of probation. HARRISON previously pleaded guilty to destruction of mail, in violation of Title 18, United States Code, Section 1703(a). According to court documents, […]

Bronx Man Charged with Slashing of U.S. Postal Service Mail Carrier

Bronx Man Charged with Slashing of U.S. Postal Service Mail Carrier

8/5/25 – United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, Jay Clayton, and Acting Inspector in Charge of the New York Division of the United States Postal Inspection Service (“USPIS”), Edward Gallashaw, announced today the arrest and filing of a Complaint charging JOHN GARCIA with assaulting a U.S. Postal Service (“USPS”) mail carrier […]

Illinois Man Sentenced to 41 Months in Prison – scheme involved large business checks stolen out of the mail

Illinois Man Sentenced to 41 Months in Prison – scheme involved large business checks stolen out of the mail

HAMMOND – Yesterday, Kareim J. Coverson, 37 years old, of Calumet City, Illinois, was sentenced by United States District Court Judge Phillip P. Simon after pleading guilty to conspiracy to commit bank fraud, announced Acting United States Attorney M. Scott Proctor. Coverson was sentenced to 41 months in prison, 2 years of supervised release, and […]

Fayetteville, NC Man Convicted of Embezzling from U.S. Postal Service

Fayetteville, NC Man Convicted of Embezzling from U.S. Postal Service

WILMINGTON, N.C. – 8/4/25 – A Fayetteville man pleaded guilty to misappropriation of postal funds and to making false entries and reports in U.S. Government records. According to court documents, Robert Raquan Patterson, 29, served as a sales and services distribution associate for the U.S. Postal Service, Evergreen Post Office. In this capacity, Patterson was […]

Seekonk, MA Postmaster Who Stole Thousands of Dollars in Government Money Pleads Guilty

Seekonk, MA Postmaster Who Stole Thousands of Dollars in Government Money Pleads Guilty

Defendant spent thousands of dollars in stolen proceeds at casinos BOSTON – 7/30/25 – The former Postmaster for the Seekonk Post Office pleaded guilty today to stealing over $19,000 through no-fee money orders. Bethany LeBlanc, 48, of Seekonk, pleaded guilty to one count of theft of government money. U.S. District Court Judge Leo T. Sorokin […]

Investigators Arrest Rialto Woman for Mail Theft and are Looking for Two Other Suspects

Investigators Arrest Rialto Woman for Mail Theft and are Looking for Two Other Suspects

7/31/25 – On Sunday, July 27, 2025, at approximately 7:30pm, Destiny Coles and two unidentified suspects arrived at the United States Post Office located in Lytle Creek. The suspects forced entry into several locked mailboxes at the post office and stole packages and mail. A witness took a picture of the suspect vehicle as it […]