AUSTIN (KXAN) — A photo taken by an absentee voter in Austin appears to show mail-in ballots leaking from a United States Postal Service mailbox. Jane Hammons of Austin said she took the photo of the drop box at the USPS location at South Congress Avenue and Ben White Boulevard at 1:51 p.m. Tuesday, the […]
10/28/2017 YONKERS – Tenants in Yonkers say a mail thief recently stole rent checks from a mailbox – and they have yet to see a response from postal police. Mike Uveges says he mailed his rent check from the USPS drop box on Yonkers Avenue near Kimball Avenue. His bank account showed the check had […]
Neighborhood Collection Boxes Receive Temporary Seal / Removal NEW YORK, NY – In the interest of safety and security, postal officials will seal the Postal Service’s collection boxes in relation to the presidential visit, to remain closed until Wednesday, Aug. 16, in New York City. The familiar blue collection boxes will be sealed, and in […]
KATY, TX (KTRK) –Thieves stole mail from two Katy-area post office bins Tuesday morning, according to a postal inspector. A note from the postal inspector is taped onto a bin located on Fourth Street in Historic Katy. The note warns residents who use that outdoor bin to monitor their banking accounts closely. “I think that’s […]
Police: Two U.S. Postal Service Mailboxes Were Pried Open In SE OKC June 29, 2015 OKLAHOMA CITY – Two drive-thru mailboxes were broken into overnight Sunday, Oklahoma City police reported. Sunday evening only trash bags and duct tape held the drop boxes together, and cones kept anyone from driving up to them. A post office […]
LIBERTY COUNTY, Texas – Thieves are taking mail from outside Liberty County post offices. Now the sheriff’s office says residents are complaining about their bank and credit card information being stolen. The sheriff’s office issued a notice Friday. They say someone broke into the outside mailboxes at the post office in Hardin and Daisetta. In […]
Scott Maiko was dropping off a letter Friday afternoon in the curbside collection box at the Canoga Park Post Office when his letter stuck to the door. “My envelope stuck to the inside of the pull-down door, and I had to pull it off,” he said. “At the back of the box was a piece […]
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 […]
Westchester County, NY — Postal Inspectors and Pelham, NY, Police arrested Anthony Monroe and his co-conspirators for allegedly stealing mail from U.S. Postal Service blue collection boxes in Westchester County. The investigation, which spanned several months, began when customers reported that checks and money orders they had mailed from the Mount Vernon Post Office had […]
HOUSTON – Dana Sue Hales and three other Houston area residents have been sentenced in relation to a theft and fraud ring that operated in Northeast Harris County and elsewhere, announced United States Attorney Kenneth Magidson. Hales, 42, pleaded guilty for her role in the overall scheme as did Lindsay Ann Grice, 27, Joseph Scott […]