HOUSTON – Kenton Deon Harrell, 41, Kenneth Shane Howard, 34, and Malcolm Derrail Williams, 32, have been handed their sentences following their convictions of conspiracy to interfere with commerce by robbery, announced U.S. Attorney Kenneth Magidson. A federal jury convicted Harrell following four days of trial and approximately three hours of deliberation in June 2014, […]
(October 24, 2014) Memphis, TN – Edward L. Stanton III, United States Attorney for the Western District of Tennessee announced today that Patricia F. Baker, 50, of Memphis, TN was sentenced this week by U.S. District Judge Sheryl H. Lipman to serve 18 months in federal prison followed by three years of supervised release, forfeit […]
From various news sources COLA increase =$22 The U.S. government will raise benefits for Social Security beneficiaries by 1.7% in 2015, the Social Security Administration said today. This is the third consecutive year in which the increase will be under 2%. The agency said it expects to send out checks to about 64 million people […]
EL SEGUNDO, Calif. – October 20, 2014 – Stamps.com® (Nasdaq:STMP), the leading provider of USPS postage online to over 500,000 customers, today announced the acquisition of ShipWorks®, based in St. Louis, Missouri, which offers monthly subscription based e-commerce shipping software. ShipWorks is a leading client-based shipping software company that provides simple, powerful and easy to […]
Norton Wants Postal Service to Reverse Changes that Lengthen First-Class Delivery and Return Night Time Delivery Risks to Letter Carriers (October 15, 2014) WASHINGTON, D.C. – The Office of Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) today released a letter Norton sent to United States Postal Service (USPS) Postmaster General Patrick R. Donahoe that asks him to […]
Shipping Giant Repeatedly Failed to Provide Needed Accommodations to Deaf and Hard-of-Hearing Package Handlers and Applicants, Federal Agency Charges (October 10, 2014) BALTIMORE – Shipping giant FedEx Ground Package System, Inc., (FedEx Ground) violated federal law nationwide by discriminating against a large class of deaf and hard-of-hearing package handlers and job applicants for years, the […]
Ellsworth, October 8, 2014- Agents from Maine Drug Enforcement’s Downeast Task Force based in Ellsworth arrested Five (5)individuals from Hancock County in a joint investigation with the Hancock County Sheriff’s Department, the Ellsworth Police Department, the US Coast Guard Investigative Service, US Postal Inspectors and Homeland Security Investigators (HSI). Acting on information received earlier this […]
The U.S. Postal Service should evaluate the impact of slower service to newspaper subscribers before proceeding with 2015 closings of mail processing plants, National Newspaper Association President John Edgecombe Jr., said this week. Edgecombe is the publisher of The Nebraska Signal in Geneva, NE. NNA seconded the concern expressed by the USPS Office of the […]
Temple Couple Sentenced To Federal Prison For Postal Theft Scheme Involving In Excess Of 50,000 Pieces Of United States Mail More than 2,000 individuals victimized as a result of the duos’ scheme (October 8, 2014) In Waco today, 39-year-old Charles Hattenbach and 29–year-old Kathryn Hubbert were sentenced to 81 months and 48 month in federal […]
(October 8, 2014 Greenbelt, Maryland – A federal grand jury has indicted Larosa Bolton, age 53, of Laurel, Maryland, today on charges of theft of government property and making false claims in connecting with fraudulent claims for medical travel expenses. The indictment was announced by United States Attorney for the District of Maryland Rod J. […]