U.S. Attorney Kenneth A. Polite announced that ELVIRA DUTHU DUPLANTIS, age 51, of Houma, pled guilty today for theft of mail. According to court records, as a result of a complaint from the Postmaster of the Houma Post Office regarding missing mail, the United States Postal Service, Office of Inspector General (“Postal OIG”) initiated an investigation […]
BUFFALO, N.Y.-U.S. Attorney William J. Hochul Jr. announced today that Jennifer Serrano, 26, of Tonawanda, NY, pleaded guilty to obstruction of the mail before U.S. Magistrate Judge Jeremiah J. McCarthy. The charge carries a maximum penalty of six months in prison and a $5,000 fine. Assistant U.S. Attorney Elizabeth R. Moellering, who is handling the […]
FOX10 News | WALA via PEN MOBILE, AL (WALA) – Mobile Police confirm Tiffany Dixon has been arrested after surveillance video shows a woman stealing a package off a West Mobile porch in broad daylight. Police say they’ve turned the case over to the Post Master General. It happened in the Charleston Oaks community in […]
UPDATED 9.2.2016 CEDAR RAPIDS, Iowa – A former Nora Springs postmaster has entered a guilty plea in federal court after being accused of stealing misappropriating money from the U.S. Postal Service. Court records show DeAnn Lewman entered the plea in Federal court Friday. She’s pleading guilty to one count of false entry in exchange for […]
Appearing before U.S. Magistrate Johnston in Great Falls on May 3, 2016 and entering pleas of Not Guilty: SHELLY DAWN PYEATT a 46-year-old resident of Melrose, appeared on charges of misappropriation of postal funds, and issuance of money orders without payments. If convicted of the most serious charge contained in the indictment, PYEATT faces 10 […]
Stephen J. Ritchie, Jr., age 32, of Greenwood, South Carolina, was charged in a single-count Indictment with delay of mail by a postal employee, a violation of Title 18, United States Code, Section 1703. The maximum penalty Ritchie could receive is five years imprisonment and a fine of $250,000.00. The case was investigated by agents […]
NORFOLK, Va. – Tiffany Gordon, 32, of Norfolk, pleaded guilty today to theft of mail matter by a postal employee. According to a statement of facts, Gordon had been employed by the U.S. Postal Service since December 2010 and worked as a mail processing clerk at the Norfolk Processing and Distribution Center. In September 2015, […]
LAFAYETTE, La. – United States Attorney Stephanie A. Finley announced that a Lafayette woman pleaded guilty Thursday to stealing gift cards from envelopes while working as a postal employee. Tonia R. Moore-Parker, 36, of Lafayette, pleaded guilty before U.S. Magistrate Judge Patrick Hanna to one count of theft of mail matter by a postal service employee. […]
CASTLE ROCK, Colo. (CBS4) – Two Castle Rock residents have been arrested after allegedly stealing from mailboxes across Douglas County. Castle Rock resident Jessica Stafford is breathed a sigh of relief after the arrests. “It’s terrifying because that’s my name,” she told CBS4’s Tom Mustin. Michael McDaniel, 41, and his wife, Danielle McDaniel, 35, were […]
PEN 5/4/16 – The former Sodus Point PMR, Jennifer Passeck, has been accused of stealing “stamps, money orders and post office box rental payments totaling $19,504.” The U.S. Attorney’s Office states that Passeck was indicted by a federal grand jury on two counts – embezzlement by a USPS employee and theft of government funds. These […]