BOSTON – 5/29/26 – A former U.S. Postal Service mail carrier was sentenced today in federal court in Boston for stealing packages containing prescription medications from postal customers on his postal route. Michael Vernon, 53, of Waltham, Mass., was sentenced by U.S. District Court Judge Brian E. Murphy to time served (one day) to be […]
WICHITA, KAN. – 5/26/26 – A former U.S. Postal Service (USPS) employee pleaded guilty to using her position as postmaster to steal tens of thousands of dollars in government funds. According to court documents, Joyce L. Smith, 51, of Wichita pleaded guilty to one count of theft by government employee. Smith previously worked as the […]
Baltimore, Maryland – 5/20/26 – A former postal employee pled guilty in federal court to charges connected to a check-fraud scheme. Derrick Stewart, 34, of Baltimore, Maryland, pled guilty to federal mail theft by a postal employee, wire fraud, and aggravated identity theft stemming from conduct while he worked as a clerk at a mail […]
Memphis, TN – 5/14/26 – On May 8, 2026, United States District Judge Thomas L. Parker sentenced Lakita Carroll, 46, to three and a half years in prison for her role in a conspiracy to commit bank fraud. On April 15, 2026, Judge Parker sentenced Carroll’s son, Marshun Lewis, 25, to 42 years in prison for committing a […]
On April 20, 2026, in the Superior Court of Howard County, Indiana, Samantha Zirkle, former Treasurer of National Association of Letter Carriers (NALC) Branch 533 (located in Kokomo, Ind.), pleaded guilty to one count of theft, a level 5 felony, valued at $50,000 or more, in violation of Indiana Code 35-43-4-2(a)(2)(A). Zirkle was then sentenced […]
On April 16, 2026, in the United States District Court for the District of South Carolina, Columbia Division, LaTanya Gadson, former President of American Postal Workers Union (APWU) Local 795 (located in Sumter, S.C.), was sentenced to five years of probation. Gadson was also ordered to pay $11,474 in restitution and a $25 assessment. On […]
5/13/26 – A Chander, Arizona man was sentenced for conspiracy to distribute heroin and fentanyl. U.S. Attorney Darin Smith announced that Zakary Faccio, 35, will serve 67 months’ imprisonment, followed by four years of supervised release. The sentence was handed down by U.S. District Judge Scott W. Skavdahl on May 5. Faccio was remanded to […]
Charges also include illegal gun possession AUGUSTA, Georgia: 5/7/26 – Two men have been sentenced to federal prison after pleading guilty to charges including mail theft. Michael Jermaine Thompson, 24, of North Augusta, South Carolina, was sentenced to 60 months in prison followed by three years of supervised release and fined $2,000 after pleading guilty to […]
5/8/26 – USPS News Link – A letter carrier in Cordele, GA, colluded with scammers to bilk the federal government out of $54 million in COVID-19 pandemic relief funds. Agents from the Labor Department’s Office of Inspector General, or OIG, opened a case after uncovering a network of people who submitted fraudulent unemployment insurance claims […]
KANSAS CITY, Mo. – 4/6/26 – A former U.S. Postal Service employee pleaded guilty in federal court today to embezzling a large amount of U.S. mail. Tiara McGill-Rushing, 34, of Kansas City, Mo., pleaded guilty before United States District Judge Roseann Ketchmark to one count of embezzlement of mail matter by a U.S. Postal Service […]