In 2023, Terrence Holloway — a 23-year USPS letter carrier in Kettering, Ohio — was arrested and charged with 51 federal counts including mail theft, bank fraud, and conspiracy after investigators discovered he had photographed over 3,400 personal checks from his route and sold them to various buyers. The six-year scheme drained retirement accounts, destroyed […]
Delco Man Sentenced to Six and a Half Years in Prison for Conspiring to Steal, Sell U.S. Treasury Checks Worth Millions PHILADELPHIA – 8/14/26 – United States Attorney David Metcalf announced that Alexander Telewoda, 26, of Clifton Heights, Pennsylvania, was sentenced this week to 78 months’ incarceration, three years of supervised release, restitution of $10,841,731.83, […]
Greenbelt, Maryland – 8/13/26 – A Washington, DC man is headed to federal prison for nearly two decades for robbing several United States Postal Service (USPS) mail carriers at gunpoint. U.S. District Judge Lydia K. Griggsby sentenced DeAngelo Lewis, 30, to 17 years in prison, followed by three years of supervised release, after a federal […]
NEWARK, N.J. – 8/12/26 – Silvia Vasquez Rivera, 29, of Queens, New York, pleaded guilty to conspiring to commit a pattern of racketeering activity that included attempted murder, kidnapping, robbery of United States Postal Service (USPS) mail carriers, and wire fraud in furtherance of a scheme to steal mail, U.S. Attorney Robert Frazer announced. According […]
NEW ORLEANS, LOUISIANA – 8/12/26 – United States Attorney David I. Courcelle announced that TAMYA TRAVIS (“TRAVIS”), age 27, of New Orleans, pled guilty today to a two-count indictment charging her with mail theft. According to the indictment, TRAVIS was working as a mail handler for USPS and stole cell phones that had been sent in the […]
CHARLOTTE, N.C. – 8/11/26 – Tidarian Williams, 32, of Charlotte, was sentenced today to 42 months in prison and two years of supervised release for unlawful possession of a USPS arrow key and theft of mail matter, announced Russ Ferguson, U.S. Attorney for the Western District of North Carolina. Williams pleaded guilty to these offenses […]
McCracken County Sheriff’s Office – 8/6/26 – On Wednesday, August 5, 2026, detectives with the McCracken County Sheriff’s Office, working in coordination with the United States Postal Inspection Service, concluded an investigation involving the delivery of a parcel suspected of containing methamphetamine. During the investigation, detectives observed James Knight, 32, of Apple Valley, California, and […]
CLARKSBURG, WEST VIRGINIA – 8/4/26 – A Braxton County woman was sentenced today for her role in a methamphetamine trafficking scheme that relied on the U.S. Mail to move large quantities of drugs into West Virginia, U.S. Attorney Matthew L. Harvey announced. Kelly Marie Myers, 56, was sentenced to 12 months in prison. According to […]
Tallahassee, Florida – 8/4/26 – Napeaches Shouetta Blair, 43, has been indicted by a federal grand jury for two counts of theft of mail by a postal employee. John P. Heekin, United States Attorney for the Northern District of Florida, announced the charges. Blair appeared in federal court for her arraignment before United States Magistrate […]
Orlando, Florida – 8/4/26 – United States Attorney Gregory W. Kehoe announces the arrest of Yongbo Li, 36, Huashan Lu, 62, and Yuxiang Zhao, 60, pursuant to a criminal complaint for conspiracy to commit mail fraud. If convicted, the defendants face a maximum penalty of 30 years in federal prison. According to the criminal complaint, Li, […]