Rural Carrier Kimberly Clark was recently delivering mail in Richland Center, WI, when she spotted an SUV that had skidded off the road into 6-foot-tall weeds. Continue reading
Wisconsin rural carrier helps save joyriding teen’s life
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APWU Opposes USPS Management Plans to Reinstitute Plant Consolidations and Closures
On Tuesday April 27, 2021 postal management informed the APWU of management’s intent to pursue consolidations and operational mail moves in 18 facilities nationwide. These proposed changes are taking place in the context of the Postal Service’s 10-year plan and proposed network and operational changes. Continue reading
‘A Slap in the Face’: Postal Union Slams DeJoy Plan to Close Mail Processing Facilities
The 200,000-member American Postal Workers Union reacted with outrage Tuesday to news that USPS management is moving ahead with a plan to consolidate 18 mail processing facilities as part of Postmaster General Louis DeJoy’s sweeping overhaul of delivery operations. Continue reading
Florida Man Charged With Theft of $23K Worth of Postage Stamps From USPS
Miami, Fl. – A Broward County resident was charged by indictment with forty counts of theft of government property in connection with a scheme to steal over 37,000 stamps from the United States Postal Service. Continue reading
Former Supervisor at Fairfield CT Post Office Sentenced for Stealing Cash from Mail
Leonard C Boyle, Acting United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, announced that JESSICA GILES, 38, of West Haven, was sentenced today by U.S. District Judge Robert N. Chatigny to two years of probation, the first three months of which Giles must spend in home confinement, for stealing cash from the mail while working for the U.S. Postal Service. Judge Chatigny also ordered Giles to pay a $2,400 fine. Continue reading
‘What Is Going On Here?’ Alarm as Document Reveals Postal Inspectors Monitor Your Social Media Posts
An internal government bulletin obtained by Yahoo News this week revealed that the law enforcement arm of the U.S. Postal Service is monitoring social media posts as part of a surveillance operation known as iCOP, a secretive program that sparked alarm among rights groups and civil liberties advocates. Continue reading
East Texas Individuals Guilty in Postal Crime Spree
TYLER, Texas – Two individuals have pleaded guilty to their involvement in postal offenses in Texas and Louisiana, announced Acting U.S. Attorney Nicholas J. Ganjei. Continue reading
Flags at half-staff to remember the Indianapolis FedEx shooting victims
From USPS News Link: President Joe Biden has ordered U.S. flags flown at half-staff to honor the victims of this week’s mass shooting in Indianapolis. Continue reading
West Sacramento Postal Employee Sentenced to Prison for Stealing Packages that Contained Drugs
SACRAMENTO, Calif. — Celeste Pang, 42, of Olivehurst, was sentenced today by U.S. District Judge Morrison C. England Jr. to six months in prison and a $2,000 fine for embezzlement of mail by postal employee, Acting U.S. Attorney Phillip A. Talbert announced. Continue reading
North Carolina Man Sentenced to 18 Months in Prison for Fraud Scheme Involving $529,000 in Stolen Altered Postal Service Money Orders
Greenbelt, Maryland – U.S. District Judge Paula Xinis sentenced Vantino Johnson, age 23, of Charlotte, North Carolina, in Maryland today to 18 months in federal prison, followed by five years of supervised release on the federal charges of bank fraud conspiracy and bank fraud, in connection with a scheme to negotiate stolen altered postal service money orders at victim financial institutions. Judge Xinis ordered that Johnson pay restitution in the full amount of the victims’ losses, $272,087.19. Continue reading
