ALBUQUERQUE – Jackie Herron, 25, of Albuquerque, N.M., pled guilty today in federal court to assaulting three federal employees with deadly weapons. Herron entered the guilty plea without the benefit of a plea agreement. Continue reading
NEW YORK (CBSNewYork) – A United States Postal Service mailman in Manhattan, who once was a firefighter in South Korea, is retiring. Continue reading
In the age of online ordering, one Lowcountry man tells News 2 package after package arrived at his home broken. He says he formally complained to USPS, but when they didn’t take him seriously, he installed a motion activated video camera at his front door. Continue reading
From POLITICO:
DEMOCRATS CRITICIZE POST OFFICE PLAN: Democratic lawmakers on Wednesday argued a Trump administration proposal to privatize the post office will do little to cut costs, POLITICO’s Andrew Hanna reports.
Sen. Heidi Heitkamp(D-N.D.) said during a Senate HSGAC hearing that privatizing the Postal Service “does nothing to get us to solvency.”
A task force headed by Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin tasked with finding ways to reform the post office will release its recommendations by August 10. More here.
MADISON, WIS. – Scott C. Blader, United States Attorney for the Western District of Wisconsin, announced that Joanne T. Huehn, 42, formerly of Milltown, Wis., was sentenced for stealing from the mail while an employee of the U.S. Postal Service. U.S. District Judge William M. Conley sentenced Huehn to five years of probation. Huehn pleaded guilty to this offense on May 15, 2018. Continue reading
Amanda Patrick, 32, Haysville, Kan., is charged with one count of theft by a postal employee. It is alleged she stole a gift card and cash from the mail. Continue reading
Today, a group of 10 bipartisan representatives introduced a House Resolution (H. Res. 993) calling on Congress to take all appropriate measures to ensure that the Postal Service remain an independent agency of the federal government and not be subject to privatization. Continue reading
DENVER — Residents in the Platt Park neighborhood are voicing their concerns about Postal Service collection boxes being broken into, not fixed and then other people unknowingly putting mail inside. Continue reading
British diver Vern Unsworth called Elon Musk’s submarine rescue plan a “PR stunt.” He did not hold back, saying that Musk can “stick his submarine where it hurts.” Continue reading
