On June 8, 2016, in the United States District Court for the Western District of Michigan, Jeffrey Velfling and John Crosby, former Chief Steward and Assistant Steward, respectively, of National Postal Mail Handlers Union (NPMHU) Local 307 (located in Detroit, Mich.), each pled guilty to one count of embezzling union funds in the amount of […]
On June 3, 2016, in the United States District Court for the Northern District of Texas, Nereida Norris, former Clerk Craft Director of American Postal Workers Union (APWU) Local 98 (located in Fort Worth, Tex.), was sentenced to nine months in prison, two years of supervised release, and was ordered to pay $25,956 in restitution, […]
On May 31, 2016, in the United States District Court for the Western District of Michigan, Jesus Gonzales, former President of American Postal Workers Union (APWU) Local 300 (formerly 488-489; located in Lansing, Mich.), was sentenced to two years of probation and was ordered to pay restitution in the amount of $6,726. On January 19, […]
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, […]