You’ve probably heard that the red flag on your mailbox is actually a green light for thieves to steal what you’re sending, but now you need to consider the safety of the drop box at the post office. Largo police have arrested 33-year-old Gustavo Eduardo Nunez Suarez after detectives say they caught him Friday night […]
Argus Leader – 4/11/16 – The former treasurer of the South Dakota Postal Workers Union who admitted to embezzling more than $30,000 was sentenced Monday to one year of federal probation. Susan M. Haugen was indicted on three counts of embezzlement and theft of labor union assets. She took a deal with prosecutors that ended […]
Tampa, Florida – United States Attorney A. Lee Bentley, III announces the unsealing of an indictment charging Stacy Darnell Mitchell (48, Tampa) with theft of government property and theft of mail. If convicted on all counts, he faces a maximum penalty of 15 years in federal prison. According to the indictment, between in or about […]
SCRANTON – The United States Attorney’s Office for the Middle District of Pennsylvania announced today that Joseph Stefanski, age 35, Wilkes-Barre, was indicted by a federal grand jury on March 1, 2016 in Scranton for theft of mail. The indictment was unsealed today following his arrest. According to United States Attorney Peter Smith, the indictment […]
DALLAS — A husband and wife from Fort Worth, Texas, have been sentenced for their roles in a postal insurance theft scheme they ran in north Texas, and elsewhere, announced U.S. Attorney John Parker of the Northern District of Texas. Sabrina Bourbois, 32, was sentenced by U.S. District Judge Sidney A. Fitzwater to 21 months in […]
ROCHESTER, N.Y.-U.S. Attorney William J. Hochul Jr. announced today that Sheila Fullmer, 60, of Caledonia, NY, pleaded guilty today before U.S. Magistrate Judge Marian W. Payson to engaging in theft during the course of performing her official government duties. The charge carries a maximum penalty of 10 years in prison and a $250,000 fine. Assistant […]
FARGO, ND – A U.S. Postal Service manager in Fargo is accused of stealing $700 in cash from a bank deposit envelope accidentally dropped into a mail collection box. Andrea Marie Eberhardt, distribution operations manager at the downtown Fargo post office, was charged Monday in Cass County District Court with felony theft. On Dec. 9, […]
EASLEY, SC (FOX Carolina) – The Pickens County Sheriff’s Office said over the past five weeks, mail has been stolen from residential mailboxes in the Dacusville and Easley areas. On Jan. 21 and Feb. 15, mail was stolen from mailboxes on Clear Dawn Drive and Hollywood Drive. Deputies said 26-year-old Joshua Paul Jackson and 30-year-old […]
MASON CITY, Iowa – 1/22/16 – Authorities say about 50 to 100 people in the area have had their mail stolen. Jim O’Hara, a postal inspector from Des Moines, says this started around Christmas, including mail coming in and going out. Authorities say it’s mostly letter mail being affected. Residents in Mason City, Clear Lake, […]
PROVIDENCE, R.I. – 1/08/16 – Joan Manuel Mustafa, 28, of Providence, was sentenced today to 24 months in federal prison for his role in a conspiracy to steal U.S. Treasury checks from the U.S. mail, and either sell them on the street or deposit them in bank accounts opened with stolen or fraudulent personal information. The bank […]