On December 3, 2015, in the United States District Court for the Western District of Michigan, Timothy Casperson, former Treasurer of National Association of Letter Carriers (NALC) Branch 249 (located in Menominee, Mich.), pled guilty to one count of embezzling union funds in the amount of $9,650, in violation of 29 U.S.C. 501(c). The guilty […]
LAS VEGAS (FOX5) – 12/08/15 -The U.S. Postal Service is expecting to deliver 600 million packages this holiday season, which would be a record season for parcel delivery. Many of those packages will end up on recipients’ doorsteps. Some Las Vegas Valley residents have recorded packages being snatched off their front porch. According to USPS, […]
TEMPE, AZ – 12/08/15 – A Tempe man is out a few Christmas gifts, but thanks to his home surveillance camera, he has a good look at who took them. Rob Biggs was expecting some packages — gifts he ordered for his brother and father. They were delivered to his home near University and Mill, […]
FRESNO, Calif. (KFSN) — Next time you buy something online, ask yourself this question. Who will make sure the package is secure if it arrives at your house and no one is home? Security camera footage catches a crime as it happens. At 3:05 a postal carrier delivers a package. About 42 minutes later a […]
(MyFoxBoston.com) — A worker at the Clinton Post Office was arrested Monday and charged with stealing mail. Duane Anderson, Jr. of Lancaster, a 22-year-old part time desk clerk, was arrested at the post office after investigators set up a sting. This all started when people in Clinton realized their mail was missing or ending up at the wrong address and […]
LAKEWOOD, Colo. (CBS4)– A Lakewood neighborhood has banded together to deter mail thieves. Their actions come after home security cameras captured a woman digging through one homeowner’s mailbox. The homeowner, who asked CBS4 not to use his name, said the surveillance video shows an unknown woman prowling around the home. She eventually makes her way […]
MOUNDS, Oklahoma – In hopes of getting money and gift cards, a Green Country postal carrier is accused of stealing thousands of pieces of mail. Detectives say victims could be in Glenpool, Bixby and Mounds, as well as rural areas of southeastern Creek County and northern Okmulgee County. Investigators say the woman worked at the […]
WAUKESHA, WI – Thousands of pieces of mail go missing in and around Waukesha. Federal investigators are put on the case and that mail has turned up…inside a postal workers’ house and personal car. FOX6 News is told the theft included both standard mail and first-class letter mail. Authorities are now trying to put a […]
On September 1, 2015, in the United States District Court of South Carolina, Sharon Holmes, former Secretary-Treasurer of American Postal Workers Union (APWU) Local 807 (located in Columbia, S.C.), was indicted on one count of embezzlement in the amount of $41,823, in violation of 29 U.S.C. 501(c); one count of falsification of union records, in […]
MILWAUKEE — You might think the checks you put in a mailbox are secure — but U.S. postal inspectors say think again! They say outgoing mail in an unlocked box is an open invitation for thieves. “Businesses reported in a short period of time their bank accounts being compromised,” David Cunningham, U.S. postal inspector said. […]