9/23/25 – A Lucas County man has been sentenced to prison for robbing and threatening a U.S. postal carrier with violence while the carrier was on an official delivery route at an apartment complex. Damere Wilson, 21, of Toledo, was sentenced to 20 months in prison by U.S. District Judge Jack Zouhary after pleading guilty […]
CHICAGO — 9/23/25 – A federal judge has sentenced a man to more than seven years in prison for robbing a U.S. Postal Service letter carrier at gunpoint in Chicago. The robbery occurred on the afternoon of Nov. 10, 2023, in the 900 block of North Francisco Avenue in Chicago. RICHARD THOMPSON approached the carrier […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
Benjamin Gregory Shirley Assaulted Postal Employee Attempting to Obtain Fentanyl GRAND RAPIDS – 7/30/25 – U.S. Attorney for the Western District of Michigan Timothy VerHey announced that Benjamin Gregory Shirley, age 41, of East Lansing, Michigan, was sentenced today to 15 months in prison for assaulting a postal employee. According to court records, Shirley arranged […]
DETROIT –7/21/25 – Two men were sentenced today for armed robberies that targeted U.S. Postal Service (USPS) mail carriers, United States Attorney Jerome F. Gorgon, Jr. announced. Gorgon was joined in the announcement by Sean McStravick, Acting Inspector in Charge of the Postal Inspection Service’s Detroit Division. Sentenced were Michael Lamar Smith-Ellis, 31 of Detroit […]
DENVER – 7/18/25 – The United States Attorney for the District of Colorado announces that Marquis Taylor, age 29, was sentenced to 46 months in prison after pleading guilty to assault with intent to rob a U.S. mail carrier. According to the plea agreement, in September of 2023, Taylor and two other individuals committed a […]
PORTLAND, Ore.—7/17/25 – A Tigard, Oregon man was sentenced to federal prison today for shooting a United States Postal Service letter carrier. Kevin Eugene Irvine, 34, was sentenced to 205 months in federal prison and five years’ supervised release. According to court documents, on December 24, 2022, while driving a white van through a Milwaukie, […]
Baltimore, Maryland – 7/16/25 – A federal grand jury returned an indictment, charging Jamie Paul Taylor, 47, of Baltimore Maryland, with assaulting a federal employee. Taylor assaulted a United States Postal Service letter carrier who was engaged in performing official duties. Kelly O. Hayes, U.S. Attorney for the District of Maryland, announced the indictment with Postal […]