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 […]
On December 3, 2015, in the 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.), was charged in an indictment for credit card abuse in the amount of $7,776, in violation of Texas Penal Code 32.31(b)(3). The indictment follows […]
KATY, TX (KTRK) – 12/31/15 – Thieves stole mail from two Katy-area post office bins Tuesday morning, according to a postal inspector. A note from the postal inspector is taped onto a bin located on Fourth Street in Historic Katy. The note warns residents who use that outdoor bin to monitor their banking accounts closely. […]
SHREVEPORT, LA (KSLA) – 12/31/15 – Shreveport police have a man in custody whom they believe robbed a U.S. Postal Service worker earlier this week. Quadetrick Barnett, 17, of the 1900 block of Patzman Street in Shreveport, was arrested just after 3 p.m. Thursday. Detectives believe he might be responsible for at least 2 armed robberies, […]
Meriden — Police have cited a Meriden Post Office employee into court on accusations that she opened residents’ mail and stole gift cards and cash this fall before resealing the envelopes and sending them on their way. Kim Smith, of Hartland, faces four charges in connection with the November incident, including a felony count of […]
CLARKSBURG, WEST VIRGINIA – Ceressa B. Patterson, 29, of Fairview, West Virginia, was convicted of stealing funds from the United States Postal Service today in federal court, United States Attorney William J. Ihlenfeld, II, announced. Patterson, formerly employed at the Pentress, West Virginia Post Office, embezzled nearly $2,000 from the post office by taking proceeds […]
Erick Vera-Garzon participated in a conspiracy to steal and sell U.S Treasury checks and gift cards while employed as a mail-sorter at the Providence Processing and Distribution Center PROVIDENCE, R.I. – 12/17/15 – Erick Vera-Garzon, 36, of Providence, was sentenced today to 36 months in federal prison for his role in a conspiracy to steal […]
CHICAGO (WLS) – 12/16/15 – On one block in the city’s Woodlawn neighborhood, stolen packages have been reported at three different homes over the last couple of weeks – all in broad daylight within minutes of delivery. “He’s probably shopping, he’s around, he’s doing his Christmas shopping at other people’s expense,” said Emerald-Jane Hunter. An […]