On March 6, 2014, “the manager of the U.S. Postal Service’s Vehicle Maintenance Facility in Cleveland was charged with taking cash bribes in exchange for awarding business and contracts from the Postal Service, said Steven M. Dettelbach, United States Attorney for the Northern District of Ohio, and Monica Weyler, Special Agent in Charge of the U.S. Postal Service’s Office of Inspector General Eastern Area Field Office.”
Kevin Hood of Richmond Heights, was arrested on March 6, 2014 and charged with wire fraud and honest services wire fraud.
On June 5, 2014, Hood was indicted on charges of extortion and theft of government property.
The manager of the U.S. Postal Service’s Vehicle Maintenance Facility in Cleveland was charged today with extorting $15,000 in cash bribes and $4,280.87 in free vehicle repairs and stealing car batteries and vehicle parts valued between $800 and $1000 from the Postal Service Vehicle Maintenance Facility for his personal use, according to the information.
According to the US Attorney’s office: The owner of a Cleveland company that has contracts with the Postal Service said Hood approached him for money in order to get work and contracts from the Postal Service. In late 2011, the business owner paid Hood in cash and believed he had to continue to pay Hood to receive work, according to a criminal complaint filed in the case.
The information charges that, as manager of the Postal Service Vehicle Maintenance Facility at 1801 Broadway Avenue in Cleveland, Hood had the ability to award and monitor Postal Service Contracts.
This case is being prosecuted by Assistant U.S. Attorneys Antoinette T. Bacon and Miranda E. Dugi following an investigation by special agents of the U.S. Postal Service’s Office of Inspector General.
Its all about responsibility and accountability when your a manager. Managers must maintain postal funds and refrain from mismanagement practices. Of course, extortion and theft of government property are the two leading areas that many are charged with throughout the USPS. Many think they will never get caught, however, the thought of money-grabbing and theft of items, which most are resold for a financial gain is very tempting. One must think, is it really worth it? Does an employee really want the constant burden of worrying whether or not they will get caught? Eventually you will be caught. Just do your job as you should, its that simple.
write back when he’s found guilty:)
I wasn’t aware that VMF managers could issue contracts for the maintanence of the Postal Vehicles. Only the Division Logistics should be allowed to issue contracts. This sounds as if this whole Cleveland Division is very inefficient!
Doubt it Troy, but possibly, as most went in mgmt because they couldn’t handle the craft WORK and even if it did, the difference; craft employees are held accountable.
Mgmt/eas are not.
You learn a lot about human nature working for the Postal Service. It seems that some people have a compulsion to steal. I don’t think they are wired to assess risk versus reward. We had a casual in a Plant steal a license plate and put it on his own car, then deny stealing it.
If a thief has a $70,000 a year job, and you put a $10 bill in a hamper with no one around, guess what he will do? Stealing satifies some sort of need for him that makes no rational sense.
Yes TSP….another tale of Mgmt. theft!! I’m sure though, that his stealing started as a craft employee.
Blood stole chump change. lost his 70’000 dollar a year job over chump change. had to be a blood. whites’ Asians’ people from India steal millions of dollars. only a blood would stoop to stealing a damm car battery.
Another day, another tale of mgmt. theft.