GRAND RAPIDS, MI – Michigan Live reports that a former U.S. Postal Service worker was placed on probation for stealing pain medication from packages intended for U.S. Veterans Affairs, court documents show. Sabrina Smith said she took the medication after being diagnosed with Multiple Scleroris and being unable to obtain enough medication from her doctor […]
ROCHESTER, N.Y.—Acting U.S. Attorney James P. Kennedy, Jr. announced today that Bobby Bullard, Jr., 35, of Rochester, NY, was arrested and charged in a criminal complaint with theft by a government employee. The charge carries a maximum sentence of 10 years in prison and a fine of $250,000. Assistant U.S. Attorney Craig R. Gestring, who […]
Madison, Wis. – John W. Vaudreuil, United States Attorney for the Western District of Wisconsin, announced that Belinda Chizek, 47, Prentice, Wis., was sentenced February 14 by U.S. District Judge James D. Peterson to two years of probation and fined $3,000 for felony mail theft of $500. Chizek pleaded guilty to this charge on December […]
TULSA, Oklahoma – A Tulsa family says someone put their mail delivery on hold, and when the mail finally arrived, they realize someone stole their identity. The Irvin family said it took them three days to realize someone was hijacking their mail, and identities, to apply for credit cards. Rebecca and Richard Irvin knew something […]
AUSTIN (KXAN) — Records from the U.S. Postal Service Office of Inspector General show 20 internal mail theft investigations in the Austin region spanning a more than five year period. The cases range from San Antonio to Waco, with a few in Austin itself. Read more
Bangor, Maine: United States Attorney Thomas E. Delahanty II announced that Julie K. Meek, 56, of Augusta, Maine, pleaded guilty today in U.S. District Court to theft of mail. Court records reveal that Meek was a contract route carrier for the U.S. Postal Service when she stole more than a dozen envelopes from the mail […]
GRAND RAPIDS — A former Wyoming letter carrier who admitted to pilfering cash and gift cards from his route was sentenced Monday to a year in federal prison and slapped with a $500 fine. Alexis Odelin was indicted in July for theft of mail contents while working for the U.S. Postal Service in Wyoming. The […]
On December 12, 2016, in the United States District Court for the Western District of Michigan, Brian Cisek, former Sergeant-at-Arms of National Association of Letter Carriers (NALC) Branch 56 (located in Grand Rapids, Mich.), was sentenced to two years of probation and was ordered to pay a $3,000 fine and a $100 special assessment. Cisek previously […]
KANSAS CITY, Mo. – Tammy Dickinson, United States Attorney for the Western District of Missouri, announced that a former U.S. Postal Service employee pleaded guilty in federal court today to stealing mail. Shannon N. Hill, 22, of Lee’s Summit, Mo., waived her right to a grand jury and pleaded guilty before U.S. District Judge […]
WICHITA, Kan. – 12/03/16 – Two suspects are arrested after police say a couple caught them stealing mail out of people’s mailboxes, in broad daylight. Wichita police say the suspects stole mail from at least thirteen different victims. They say in crimes like mail theft, suspects are usually looking for your information — then they can […]