OTTUMWA – 8/19/26 – An Ottumwa woman was arrested after an investigation into theft at the Menards store in Ottumwa. The Wapello County Sheriff’s Office says that they received a complaint on June 24 regarding a Menards rebate that had been stolen and later redeemed at the Ottumwa Menards. During their investigation, and with assistance […]
Conspiracy to commit bank fraud, identity theft and stolen mail amongst charges SAVANNAH, Georgia: 8/18/26 – A Savannah man has been ordered to be confined in federal prison after pleading guilty to multiple charges. The sentence was imposed by U.S. District Court Chief Judge R. Stan Baker and announced by Margaret E. “Meg” Heap, U.S. […]
Gainesville, Florida – 8/17/26 – Antrell Jermaine Hillard, 33, of Live Oak, Florida, was sentenced to 12 years’ imprisonment for conspiracy to steal postal keys, theft of postal keys, and postal robbery/assault. The sentence was announced by John P. Heekin, United States Attorney for the Northern District of Florida. U.S. Attorney Heekin said: “This serial, […]
CAMDEN, N.J. – 8/11/26 – A Georgia man admitted to conspiring to distribute fentanyl, conspiring to defraud banks by negotiating stolen U.S. Treasury checks, and obtaining a fraudulent Paycheck Protection Program loan, U.S. Attorney Robert Frazer announced. Elvis Sonson, 51, of Atlanta, Georgia, pleaded guilty before Chief U.S. District Judge Renée Marie Bumb to an […]
Delco Man Sentenced to Six and a Half Years in Prison for Conspiring to Steal, Sell U.S. Treasury Checks Worth Millions PHILADELPHIA – 8/14/26 – United States Attorney David Metcalf announced that Alexander Telewoda, 26, of Clifton Heights, Pennsylvania, was sentenced this week to 78 months’ incarceration, three years of supervised release, restitution of $10,841,731.83, […]
Greenbelt, Maryland – 8/13/26 – A Washington, DC man is headed to federal prison for nearly two decades for robbing several United States Postal Service (USPS) mail carriers at gunpoint. U.S. District Judge Lydia K. Griggsby sentenced DeAngelo Lewis, 30, to 17 years in prison, followed by three years of supervised release, after a federal […]
NEWARK, N.J. – 8/12/26 – Silvia Vasquez Rivera, 29, of Queens, New York, pleaded guilty to conspiring to commit a pattern of racketeering activity that included attempted murder, kidnapping, robbery of United States Postal Service (USPS) mail carriers, and wire fraud in furtherance of a scheme to steal mail, U.S. Attorney Robert Frazer announced. According […]
NEW ORLEANS, LOUISIANA – 8/12/26 – United States Attorney David I. Courcelle announced that TAMYA TRAVIS (“TRAVIS”), age 27, of New Orleans, pled guilty today to a two-count indictment charging her with mail theft. According to the indictment, TRAVIS was working as a mail handler for USPS and stole cell phones that had been sent in the […]
CHARLOTTE, N.C. – 8/11/26 – Tidarian Williams, 32, of Charlotte, was sentenced today to 42 months in prison and two years of supervised release for unlawful possession of a USPS arrow key and theft of mail matter, announced Russ Ferguson, U.S. Attorney for the Western District of North Carolina. Williams pleaded guilty to these offenses […]
CLARKSBURG, WEST VIRGINIA – 8/4/26 – A Braxton County woman was sentenced today for her role in a methamphetamine trafficking scheme that relied on the U.S. Mail to move large quantities of drugs into West Virginia, U.S. Attorney Matthew L. Harvey announced. Kelly Marie Myers, 56, was sentenced to 12 months in prison. According to […]