{"id":38570,"date":"2025-10-21T11:25:32","date_gmt":"2025-10-21T16:25:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/postalemployeenetwork.com\/news\/?p=38570"},"modified":"2025-10-21T11:25:32","modified_gmt":"2025-10-21T16:25:32","slug":"new-film-shows-how-postal-inspectors-brought-an-employees-killer-to-justice","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/postalemployeenetwork.com\/news\/2025\/10\/21\/new-film-shows-how-postal-inspectors-brought-an-employees-killer-to-justice\/","title":{"rendered":"New film shows how postal inspectors brought an employee\u2019s killer to justice"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"YouTube video player\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/atLnTSTmJbQ?si=s7c2_IcPjKGBJp5g\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/news.usps.com\/2025\/10\/20\/a-new-film-shows-how-postal-inspectors-brought-an-employees-killer-to-justice\/\">USPS News Link<\/a> &#8211; 1-\/20\/25 &#8211; The Postal Inspection Service has released a documentary about the agency\u2019s investigation into the tragic death of a USPS employee in 2019.<\/p>\n<p>The 28-minute film, \u201cAmbush in Andrews,\u201d tells the story of Irene Pressley, an Andrews, SC, rural carrier who was shot and killed while delivering mail.<\/p>\n<p>The Inspection Service\u2019s investigation showed that a drug dealer killed Pressley to recover a package that contained 2 pounds of marijuana and that had been marked undeliverable.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cProtecting postal employees is our highest priority,\u201d said Dan Mihalko, a retired postal inspector and the documentary\u2019s director.<\/p>\n<p>The documentary shows how postal inspectors used multiple tools and resources to get justice for Pressley, a beloved figure at the Andrews Post Office who was known as \u201cMiss Irene.\u201d Interviews with her co-workers are also included.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAn assault on a postal employee brings the whole postal family together \u2014 everyone in the Inspection Service and the Postal Service \u2014 in wanting to get those responsible. When it involves the murder of an employee, the Inspection Service puts everything we have into the investigation, and we don\u2019t stop until we have the criminals in custody. And then, postal inspectors work tirelessly with prosecutors to get a conviction,\u201d Mihalko said.<\/p>\n<p>Mihalko and Jonathan Young, a video production specialist for the Inspection Service, worked together for two years on the film, which is the agency\u2019s first in-house documentary.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAmbush in Andrews\u201d is\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?si=t5U213569EgnBa1S&amp;v=atLnTSTmJbQ&amp;feature=youtu.be\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">available on YouTube<\/a>\u00a0and the Inspection Service\u2019s website.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"mailto:link@usps.gov\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><em>Email<\/em><\/a><em>\u00a0us your feedback. Your comments could be included in our \u201cMail\u201d column.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/postalemployeenetwork.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Ambush-in-Andrews618.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-38571\" src=\"https:\/\/postalemployeenetwork.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Ambush-in-Andrews618.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"618\" height=\"317\" srcset=\"https:\/\/postalemployeenetwork.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Ambush-in-Andrews618.jpg 618w, https:\/\/postalemployeenetwork.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Ambush-in-Andrews618-300x154.jpg 300w, https:\/\/postalemployeenetwork.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Ambush-in-Andrews618-570x293.jpg 570w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 618px) 100vw, 618px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>USPS News Link &#8211; 1-\/20\/25 &#8211; The Postal Inspection Service has released a documentary about the agency\u2019s investigation into the tragic death of a USPS employee in 2019. The 28-minute film, \u201cAmbush in Andrews,\u201d tells the story of Irene Pressley, an Andrews, SC, rural carrier who was shot and killed while delivering mail. 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