On February 2, 2026, in the United States District Court for the Western District of Michigan, Marcus Miller, former Vice President of National Association of Letter Carriers (NALC) Branch 775 (located in Niles, Mich.), was sentenced to 12 months and 1 day of imprisonment. Upon release, Miller will be placed on probation for two years. […]
BUFFALO, N.Y. – 3.10.26 – U.S. Attorney Michael DiGiacomo announced today that Melissa Olson, 47, of Randolph, NY, pleaded guilty before U.S. District Judge John L. Sinatra, Jr. to theft of mail by postal employee, which carries a maximum penalty of five years in prison and a $250,000 fine. Assistant U.S. Attorney Franz M. Wright, […]
Grand Jury Also Indicts Co-conspirator for Threatening the Victim at Gunpoint CLEVELAND – 3/10/26 – A 21-year-old man has pleaded guilty to his role in robbing a postal carrier of the key used to open U.S. Mail collection boxes. The robbery was part of a larger conspiracy to steal checks and later cash them for […]
SANTA ANA, California – 3/7/26 – A United States Postal Service (USPS) supervisor pleaded guilty today to stealing approximately $284,000 in checks and up to $40,000 in other items – including gold and collector-type currency such as a Confederate $10 bill – from the U.S. mail. Joivian Tjuana Hayes, 36, of Compton, who was a […]
SPRINGFIELD, Mo. – 3/3/26 – A former Postal Employee living in Springfield, Mo., area, was sentenced for his burglary of a local post office building and theft of mail matter. Zachary M. Walker, 39, was sentenced by U.S. District Judge Beth Phillips to 12 months and 1 day imprisonment for his burglary of a local […]
3.2.2026 – David X. Sullivan, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, announced that LUIS TORRES ORTIZ, 25, of New Britain, was sentenced today by U.S. District Judge Stefan R. Underhill in Bridgeport to 60 months of imprisonment and four years of supervised release for his role in a cocaine trafficking conspiracy. According to […]
KANSAS CITY, Mo. –2/27/26 – A Kansas City, Mo., woman pleaded guilty to attempted bank fraud yesterday for altering and depositing stolen checks into her bank account. At the time of the fraud, she was employed by the United States Postal Service. Shawneasha L. Watson, 30, participated in a scheme to defraud a credit union […]
WICHITA, KAN. – 2/25/26 – A federal grand jury in Wichita returned an indictment charging a United States postal worker with embezzling from his employer. According to court documents, Dalton R. Garcia, 33, of Brewster, Kansas, was indicted on one count of misappropriation of postal funds. From August 2025 to September 2025, Garcia is accused […]
Sent fake mailings to collect annual registration fees; attempted to flee overseas following indictment Tacoma – 2/20/26 – A San Jose, California resident pleaded guilty today to mail fraud for his scheme to steal from thousands of businesses and charities with scam letters that appeared to be from state agencies, announced First Assistant U.S. Attorney […]
MONTGOMERY, Ala. – 2/19/26 – Today, Acting United States Attorney Kevin Davidson announced the first sentencing in a mail theft conspiracy involving four defendants. On February 18, 2026, 28-year-old Kahneil Jahe Oliver, of Montgomery, Alabama, was sentenced to 130 months in federal prison after previously pleading guilty to conspiracy to commit bank and mail fraud […]
