ATLANTA – 4/27/26 – Maximo Fitzhugh has been sentenced to 10 and a half years in federal prison for a pair of violent crimes, one of which resulted in a gun battle in the Buckhead district of Atlanta. “After threatening to shoot up a women’s clinic, Fitzhugh held a postal worker at gunpoint and endangered […]
FRESNO, Calif. — 4/28/26 – Kyle Matthew Lisman, 30, of Bakersfield, was sentenced Monday by U.S. District Judge Jennifer L. Thurston to five years in prison for wire fraud, possessing stolen mail and aggravated identity theft, U.S. Attorney Eric Grant announced. According to court documents, between January and July of 2023, Lisman devised a scheme […]
Pensacola, Florida – 4/28/26 – Divincent M. Madison, Jr., 25, of Pensacola, Florida, has been indicted in federal court for one count of delay or destruction of U.S. Mail, one count of theft of U.S. Mail by U.S. Postal employee, and one count of possession with intent to distribute marijuana. John P. Heekin, United States […]
TOPEKA, KAN. – 4/28/26 – A former employee at a Kansas post office pleaded guilty to illegally taking mail that was supposed to be delivered to customers. According to court documents, Gayli Harman, 44, of Hot Sulphur Springs, Colorado, formerly of Manhattan, Kansas, pleaded guilty to one count of obstruction of mail. Harman worked for […]
Pensacola, Florida – 4/27/26 – Evan Aldric Harris, 29, of Evergreen, Alabama, was indicted by a federal grand jury charging him with theft of mail by a postal employee. John P. Heekin, United States Attorney for the Northern District of Florida, announced the charge today. Harris appeared for his arraignment in federal court before United […]
ROCHESTER, N.Y. – U.S. Attorney Michael DiGiacomo announced today that Sheldon Marquis Adams, 26, of Rochester, NY, who was convicted of conspiracy to commit bank fraud, was sentenced to serve 18 months in prison by Chief U.S. District Judge Elizabeth A. Wolford. Between March and September 29, 2023, Adams conspired with others to obtain hundreds […]
Investigators captured thefts during surveillance SAVANNAH, Georgia: 4/20/26 – Two Chatham County men have been sentenced to prison after investigators caught them stealing mail from blue collection boxes. Brandon Chavonte Mincey, 34, and Antwan Williams, 52, both of Savannah, each pled guilty to Possession of a Stolen Mail Key, said Margaret E. “Meg” Heap, U.S. Attorney […]
Tallahassee, Florida – 4/20/26 – Christy Cody Holgate, 49, and Kim Demetrius Benson, 52, have been indicted in federal court. Both were charged with one count of conspiracy to commit mail theft. Also, Holgate was charged with four counts of theft of mail and Benson was charged with one count of theft of mail. John […]
There’s a sinking feeling when you realize a check you’ve mailed goes missing, never to be found. But it’s a bigger blow when you hear the check wound up on a social media platform for sale. That’s how this investigation got its start: A national bank contacted our Hotline in June 2024 after several clients in […]
NEWARK, N.J. – 4/14/26 – A German man who orchestrated a massive mail fraud scheme by mass mailing false and fraudulent psychic solicitations was sentenced to 70 months’ incarceration in Newark federal court, U.S. Attorney Robert Frazer announced today. Georg Ingenbleek, 59, a citizen of Germany, was indicted in 2020 and has been a long-time […]