Indiana Postmaster Relief charged with embezzlement

A Postal Worker from Rockport, Indiana was charged with embezzlement following an investigation by the U.S. Postal Service and the Office of Inspector General. Acting U.S. Attorney Josh Minkler says Brittney Thorpe, 26, allegedly took Postal Service money orders and converted them to cash to pay her living expenses.  This allegedly took place between December […]

Cleveland USPS VMF manager gets 46 months in prison for taking bribes

The former manager of the U.S. Postal Service’s Vehicle Maintenance Facility in Cleveland was sentenced to nearly four years in prison for 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 […]

Kentucky postal worker sentenced to prison on federal drug and theft charges

(September 13, 2014) A former Pikeville, Kentucky postal worker was sentenced to serve nine months in prison on charges of misappropriation of postal funds and selling oxycodone. According to court records, Sherry Jo Justice, 53, of Pikeville,was sentenced Tuesday to serve nine months in prison and three years of supervised release in connection with the […]

One USPS Station Manager pleads guilty, another Station Manager sentenced in Bribe Scheme

Station Managers Submitted Fraudulent and Inflated Invoices for Landscaping and Cleaning Services in Exchange for Bribe Payments Baltimore, Maryland – Former U.S. Postal Service Station Manager Richard Lewis Wright, III, age 47, of Baltimore, pleaded guilty today to bribery in connection with a scheme to obtain U.S. Postal Service contracts in exchange for bribe payments. […]

West Virginia letter carrier sentenced for selling drugs while on duty

More than 100 Drug Deals Made By On-Duty Mail Carrier Beckley, W.Va. – United States Attorney Booth Goodwin announced today that a Greenbrier County man was sentenced in federal court in Beckley for using a telephone to facilitate the sale of illegal drugs. Jack Edwin McCoy, 30, of White Sulfphur Springs, West Virginia was sentenced […]

Man Indicted on Charge Of Biting US Postal Inspector

ROCHESTER, N.Y.– (June 24, 2011) U.S. Attorney William J. Hochul, Jr. announced today that a federal grand jury has indicted Mark Joseph Rossel, 52, of Rush, New York, on a charge of assaulting a federal officer and inflicting bodily injury. The charge carries a maximum penalty of 20 years in prison, a $250,000 fine, or […]

Chiropactor Who Treated Mostly Postal Workers Gets Prison For OWCP Fraud

And Defrauding Other Insurers Out $1.4 MILLION The following is a press release from the United States Attorney’s Office,Northern District of Illinois CHICAGO — A chiropractor who owned and operated a clinic in Maywood for more than a decade was sentenced today to 70 months in federal prison after pleading guilty last year to healthcare […]

Two men arrested in murder of Florida letter carrier

Wifredo A. Ferrer, U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of Florida, Henry Gutierrez, Postal Inspector in Charge, U.S. Postal Inspection Service, and James K. Loftus, Director, Miami-Dade Police Department, announce the arrest of Pikerson Mentor, 29, and Saubnet Dwayne Politasse, 23, both of Miami, in connection with the December 6, 2010 murder of U.S. Postal […]

Former APWU National Officer Gets Prison For Theft Of Union Funds

 Sanders recently ran in the APWU National Election of Officers to get his old job back, but was unsuccessful.   The following is a press release from the US Attorney’s Office, Southern District, Texas (HOUSTON) – Former American Postal Worker’s Union (APWU) officer has been sentenced to prison for stealing union funds, United States Attorney José […]

Bronx, NY Letter Carrier found guilty in tax refund fraud scheme

Bronx, New York Letter Carrier helped steal over $2.5 million worth of fraudulent tax refund checks The U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of New York issued the following press release: PREET BHARARA, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, announced today that ROBERT ANTHONY WARREN was found guilty following a […]