NEWARK, N.J. – A Little Egg Harbor, New Jersey, man today admitted his role in a scheme to steal and convert hundreds of blank U.S. Postal Service money orders, resulting in nearly $200,000 in losses, U.S. Attorney Paul J. Fishman announced. Jonel Normil, 26, pleaded guilty before U.S. District Judge Madeline Cox Arleo to an […]
On March 28, 2016, in Smith County Court, in the State of Texas, Stanley Buchanan, former President of National Association of Letter Carriers (NALC) Branch 493 (located in Tyler, Tex.), pled guilty to credit card abuse, in violation of Texas Penal Code 32.31 (b)(3). He was then sentenced for a deferred adjudication, placed on community supervision […]
On April 11, 2016, in the United States District Court for South Dakota, Southern Division, Susan Haugen, former Treasurer of the South Dakota American Postal Workers of America (APWU) State Association (located in Huron, S.D.), was sentenced to one year of probation and was ordered to pay a $100 special assessment. Haugen previously paid restitution in […]
On April 19, 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.), were each charged in an indictment with one count of embezzling approximately $6,758 in […]
At least one person is facing federal charges for having a counterfeit postal key in Bernalillo County. In January, the United States Postal Service confirmed to KOB that someone was using a counterfeit master mailbox key at cluster mailboxes all across the metro area. This week, KOB producer Kayla Parham got an envelope in the […]
Former Carbondale Postal Carrier Pleads Guilty To Mail Theft James L. Porter, Acting United States Attorney for the Southern District of Illinois, announced today, that Michelle L. Leggans, 36, of Murphysboro, Illinois, pled guilty in federal court to two counts of mail theft. Sentencing has been set for August 10, 2016. Leggans will face up […]
CAMDEN, N.J. – A former U.S. Postal employee from Burlington County, New Jersey, today admitted his role in a conspiracy to steal income tax refund checks from the U.S. Mail, U.S. Attorney Paul J. Fishman announced. Earl Champagne, 47, of Willingboro, New Jersey, pleaded guilty before U.S. District Judge Robert B. Kugler in Camden federal […]
On March 15, 2016, in the United States District Court for the District of South Carolina, Sharon Holmes, former Secretary-Treasurer of American Postal Workers Union (APWU) Local 807 (located in Columbia, S.C.), pled guilty to one count of embezzlement in the amount of $41,823, in violation of 29 U.S.C. 501(c). The guilty plea follows an investigation […]
On March 14, 2016, in the United States District Court for the Western District of Michigan, Northern Division, Timothy Roy Casperson, former Treasurer of National Association of Letter Carriers (NALC) Branch 249 (located in Menominee, Mich.), was sentenced to one year of probation and was ordered to pay a $500 fine and a $100 special assessment. […]
Kemper County, MS – Two people have been arrested for allegedly robbing a postal worker outside a Kemper County post office. The Kemper County Sheriff’s Department has charged Jerome Benamon and Edward Mobley with armed robbery. Sheriff James Moore says the postal worker was collecting mail from the site when three subjects held the worker […]