Video: Douglas Hughes enters guilty plea for landing gyrocopter on Capitol lawn

The Ruskin man who piloted his one-person aircraft through some of the nation’s most restricted airspace and landed on the lawn of the U.S. Capitol entered a guilty plea in the case Friday. Douglas Hughes’ plea in federal court in Washington had been expected. Earlier this month, Hughes told The Associated Press that he had agreed […]

Branson postal worker accused of falsifying subscriptions as payback for co-worker rebuffing his sexual advances to face trial

Trial date set for Branson postal worker accused of forgery FORSYTH — A U.S. postal worker in Branson who is accused of falsifying several magazine orders for a fellow employee to get back at her for rebuffing his sexual advances, will face a jury trial next year. According to court records, Ruben Dario Rivero had […]

Video: How customers in Duluth MN are adjusting to USPS mail delivery delays

A little over a week ago WDIO-TV reported that an internal source said all mail from Duluth, Iron Ranger and the North Shore will no longer be sent down to St. Paul (Minnesota) to be processed. However, there are no other media sites reporting on this news. Update: From reader Sorry….big mistake made by Duluth management. […]

Update: Question – Should USPS hire Postal Supervisors off the street?

Last month a PostalReporter.com reader wanted feedback on USPS hiring Postal Supervisors without prior postal job experience (or a non-career job applicant). Last week USPS posted a job announcement seeking a Postal Supervisor (EAS-17) in the Redding CA postal facility. The job posting specified that “Current career Postal Service employees are ineligible to apply to […]

NY Postmaster with 30+ years service convicted of stealing over $6,000 from USPS

SYRACUSE, NEW YORK –Yesterday Grover Horn, 71, of Cayuga County, New York, pled guilty and was sentenced in federal court for embezzling money orders and cash from the U.S. Post Office in Martville, New York, announced United States Attorney Richard S. Hartunian and Eileen Neff, Special Agent in Charge, United States Postal Service, Office of […]

Alabama Mail Carrier Pleads Guilty to Accepting Bribes to Deliver Drug Packages

BIRMINGHAM – A Tuscaloosa postal carrier pleaded guilty Monday in federal court to accepting bribes to deliver packages of marijuana, announced U.S. Attorney Joyce White Vance, FBI Special Agent in Charge Roger C. Stanton and U.S. Postal Inspection Service Inspector in Charge Adrian Gonzalez. JOCELIN LATRICE BETTS, 28, of Tuscaloosa, entered her guilty plea Monday […]

Nine New Jersey Postal Workers Indicted on Charges of Unemployment Benefits Fraud

Nine U.S. Postal Workers Indicted on Charges they Stole Nearly $50,000 by Fraudulently Collecting Unemployment Benefits While Employed   TRENTON – Acting Attorney General John J. Hoffman announced that nine current and former U.S. Postal Service employees have been indicted on charges that they stole a total of nearly $50,000 by fraudulently collecting unemployment insurance […]