BOSTON – 5/25/23 – Two Massachusetts individuals were indicted today by a federal grand jury in Boston for the armed robberies of United States Postal Service (USPS) letter carriers that took place on Nov. 29, 2022 in Mattapan, Mass. and Dec. 16, 2022 in Hyde Park, Mass. Myesha Lewis, 22, of Boston, and Kenneth Demosthene, […]
Memphis, TN – 5/24/23 – Sidney Poitier Pilcher, Jr., a/k/a Slimey Sidd, 21, has been sentenced to over nine years in federal prison for aiding and abetting in the robbery of postal carriers while brandishing a firearm. Kevin G. Ritz, United States Attorney for the Western District of Tennessee, announced the sentence today. According to […]
SAN FRANCISCO – 5/19/23 – A federal grand jury indicted Vo Nguyen, charging him with attempted murder and related crimes in connection with firing a gun at a U.S. Postal Service (USPS) employee who was delivering a package to his residence, announced U.S. Attorney Ismail J. Ramsey and San Francisco Division Postal Inspector in Charge […]
BOSTON – 5/11/23 – Two Massachusetts individuals have been arrested and charged in connection with the armed robberies of United States Postal Service (USPS) letter carriers that took place on Nov. 29, 2022 in Mattapan, Mass., and Dec. 16, 2022 in Hyde Park, Mass. Myesha Lewis, 22, of Boston, and Kenneth Demosthene, 22, of Stoughton, […]
WASHINGTON, D.C. – 5/9/23 – Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) introduced a bill today to require the U.S. Postal Service (USPS) to install security cameras at all USPS facilities to protect USPS employees, customers and property. “Last year, I asked USPS to expand the use of security cameras at postal facilities in the District of […]
Tampa, Florida – 5/4/23 – U.S. District Judge Kimberly Mizelle today sentenced Omar Rochester Miller, Jr. (23, Tampa) and Christopher Diaz, aka “Chico,” (27, Tampa) for the armed robbery of a postal mail carrier. Specifically, Miller was sentenced to 9 years and 2 months in federal prison for armed robbery of a postal mail carrier, […]
Defendant allegedly robbed letter carrier at gunpoint, stealing key used to open collection boxes BOSTON – 3/27/23 – A Boston man has been charged with the Jan. 4, 2023 armed robbery of a United States Postal Service (USPS) letter carrier in Massachusetts. Anthony Diaz, 20, was charged by an Information with forcibly assaulting, resisting, opposing, […]
Martinez, California – On February 2, 2023, a United States Postal Service (USPS) worker was robbed in Martinez, and their mail truck was stolen by 35-year-old Joshua Scott Anderson. Charges were filed on February 28th against Mr. Anderson by the Contra Costa District Attorney’s Office. The robbery of the carrier’s postal vehicle key and theft of the […]
WASHINGTON – 2/27/23 – The Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN) is issuing an alert to financial institutions on the nationwide surge in check fraud schemes targeting the U.S. Mail. Fraud, including check fraud, is the largest source of illicit proceeds in the United States and is one of the anti-money laundering/countering the financing of terrorism (AML/CFT) […]
ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. – 2/24/23 – Alexander M.M. Uballez, United States Attorney for the District of New Mexico, and Melisa Llosa, Inspector in Charge of the Phoenix Division of U.S. Postal Inspection Service, announced that Cisco Casaus-Alires was sentenced to 20 years in prison. Casaus-Alires, 21, of Albuquerque, pleaded guilty on June 29 to robbery of […]