OLYMPIA, Wash. – Felony charges were filed against five people after insurance fraud investigations by Insurance Commissioner Mike Kreidler’s Special Investigations Unit (SIU). Juelene Perez Owens (Perez), 37, of Mossyrock, was charged with first-degree theft in Lewis County Superior Court. According to the investigation, Perez enrolled her boyfriend, Jose P. Lopez, on the health insurance provided through her […]
KTVQ.com | Q2 | Continuous News Coverage | Billings, MT BILLINGS – The Billings Police Department is investigating recent reports of mail theft, including some absentee election ballots. In a press release issued Friday, Lt. Neil Lawrence said there have been about 10 reported mail thefts in the past week. Additionally, a number of residents […]
Savannah, N.Y. (WHAM) – State Police arrested a U.S. Postal Service (USPS) mail carrier Tuesday for allegedly stealing money out of cards on her route. According to our news partners at the Times of Wayne County, Lindsay Snyder, 24, is accused of picking out what she believed to be greeting or birthday cards from customers on […]
ALEXANDRIA, La. – United States Attorney Stephanie A. Finley announced that a Cottonport woman pleaded guilty Wednesday to stealing more than $6,000 from the Effie Post Office. Chelsa Dobison, 26, of Cottonport, La., pleaded guilty before U.S. District Judge Dee D. Drell to one count of issuing fraudulent money orders. According to the guilty plea, Dobison […]
DENVER – Tayson Adam Hidalgo, age 22, of Sterling, Colorado, was arrested following the return of a one count indictment by a federal grand jury in Denver charging him with delay or destruction of mail, the U.S. Attorney’s Office and the U.S. Postal Service Office of Inspector General announced. Hidalgo appeared before a U.S. Magistrate […]
10/07/16 – According to PressConnects Melissa Elliott, 27, of Binghamton, is facing 14 federal criminal charges after an investigation conducted by a special agent for the U.S. Postal Service Office of Inspector General. The investigation, which began in early January, was detailed in a 30-page criminal complaint filed Sept. 27 in U.S. District Court. Prosecutors say a Elliott claimed she stole […]
KANSAS CITY, Mo. – Tammy Dickinson, United States Attorney for the Western District of Missouri, announced that a Kansas City, Mo., postal clerk pleaded guilty in federal court today to stealing gift cards from the mail. Veronica K. Grant, 63, of Kansas City, waived her right to a grand jury and pleaded guilty before U.S. […]
On September 20, 2016, in the Marion County Court of Common Pleas, Jeanette Bowman, former Treasurer of National Association of Letter Carriers (NALC) Branch 280 (located in Marion, Ohio), was sentenced to 120 days of electronic monitoring, five years of community control, and was ordered to pay full restitution of $16,347. On August 18, 2016, Bowman […]
On September 21, 2016, in the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Missouri, John McCain, former Secretary-Treasurer of National Association of Letter Carriers (NALC) Branch 1016 (located in Poplar Bluff, Mo.), was sentenced to a two years of probation and was ordered to pay a $2,000 fine and a $100 assessment. Restitution of […]
BUFFALO, N.Y.—U.S. Attorney William J. Hochul, Jr. announced today that Nichole Crosson, 23, of Buffalo, NY, who was convicted of opening mail without lawful authority, was sentenced to two years probation by U.S. Magistrate Judge Michael j. Roemer. The defendant was also ordered to pay $1,729.21 in restitution. Assistant U.S. Attorney John D. Fabian, who […]