(November 10, 2014) PETERBOROUGH, New Hampshire — A postal vehicle was rear-ended, pushed sideways, and flipped on its side, on Jaffrey Road Friday. Anna Cote, 51, of Peterborough, the mail carrier driving the postal truck, had to be pulled out of it by rescue personnel. She was transported to Monadnock Community Hospital by ambulance. Capt. […]
November 8, 2014 – COVINGTON, GA — A U.S. Postal Service employee reported that he was robbed while delivering mail Thursday morning in a south Newton County neighborhood. The mail carrier contacted the Newton County Sheriff’s Office just before 11 a.m. and said he was delivering mail on his route when he stopped at a […]
SCHENECTADY — Three people were arrested in connection with two unrelated attacks on a mail carrier and a postal truck over the past few days, according to city police and the U.S. Postal Inspection Service. The letter carrier was assaulted at about 2 p.m. by three young people in the area of Carrie and Lang Streets […]
A Waterville, New York letter carrier is accused of opening mail addressed to others and keeping the contents. Michael Oliver, 34, of Waterville, New York, has been charged with two counts of obstructing the United States mail, in violation of 18 U.S.C. § 1701. The two-count Information filed by the United States Attorney’s Office charges […]
November 4, 2014 – SCHENECTADY, NY — The U.S. Postal Inspection Service is offering up to a $10,000 reward for information leading to an arrest in the Saturday assault of a mail carrier. The worker was assaulted at about 2 p.m. by three young people in the area of Carrie and Lang Streets in Schenectady, according […]
(October 31, 2014) SANTA CLARA (KPIX 5) – The U.S. Postal Service goes by the creed “Neither snow nor rain nor heat nor gloom of night stays these couriers from the swift completion of their appointed rounds,” but one KPIX 5 viewer said that’s not the case in Santa Clara. On the Circle Drive neighborhood […]
ROCKLEDGE — A Brevard County (Florida) postal worker is under arrest — accused of dealing drugs out of her mail truck. Rockledge police say 47-year-old Tonya Wheeler was caught during a drug transaction by a postal inspector at the Rockledge Post Office on Murrell Road Wednesday. Detectives say Wheeler was selling prescription pills to 41-year-old […]
(October 29, 2014) MILTON, PA — A mailman sustained moderate injuries after being ejected from his delivery truck during a two-vehicle crash that occurred at 10:21 a.m. Monday along Broadway Road, at its intersection with Ridge Road, Turbot Township, Northumberland County. Police said the crash occurred as a 1991 U.S. Mail Delivery vehicle driven by […]
(October 29, 2014) Kinston, N.C. — A Kinston postal worker is charged with delivering more than just the mail. Joseph James Huff, 38, of 1432 Joyce Drive in Greenville, is charged with possession with intent to sell and deliver marijuana, selling marijuana and delivering marijuana. He was given a $4,000 bond. Huff allegedly sold a […]
The National Election Committee, appointed at the 2014 NALC Biennial Convention in Philadelphia to conduct the election of national officers of the NALC for four-year terms, has announced the results of the election. NALC President Fredric Rolando and Executive Vice President Timothy C. O’Malley were re-elected following the nationwide vote. Here are the election results, […]