drug trafficking

Mar 24th

California Postal Worker, Deputy Sheriff and two others charged in drug trafficking conspiracy

3/24/16 A former postal worker, former deputy sheriff and two others have been indicted in what federal prosecutors say was a $500,000 drug-trafficking operation that shipped about 200 pounds of marijuana through the mail between Northern California and York County, Pennsylvania. According to United States Attorney Yuba County, California Deputy Sheriff Christopher Mark Heath, 37; […]

Jan 28th

Former Postal Inspector Sentenced to 3 Years in Prison for Possession of Stolen Mail and Marijuana Trafficking

January 27, 2016 SAN JOSE, Calif. — Quan Pham Howard, 53, of Saratoga, California, a former supervisory postal inspector who worked at the San Jose Processing and Distribution Center was sentenced today by U.S. District Judge Lucy H. Koh to three years in prison for possession of stolen U.S. mail and possession with intent to […]

Dec 10th

Postal Employee Sentenced To 12 Months In Prison For Use Of Mail To Distribute Drugs

HARRISBURG, PA – The United States Attorney’s Office for the Middle District of Pennsylvania announced that Edward Larry Kline II, age 50, of Selinsgrove, Pennsylvania was sentenced today to 12 months in federal prison by U.S. District Court Judge Yvette Kane in Harrisburg for attempted possession with intent to distribute marijuana. According to U.S. Attorney […]

Nov 17th

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 […]

Oct 20th

Former Maryland Letter Carrier sentenced to prison for Drug Trafficking and Bribery

October 19, 2015 Greenbelt, Maryland – U.S. District Judge Theodore D. Chuang sentenced former letter carrier Takisha Cole, age 33, of Washington, D.C. today to 21 months in prison followed by three years of supervised release for possession with intent to distribute marijuana, use of a communications device to facilitate drug trafficking and bribery. The […]

Jul 27th

Former Letter Carrier Convicted of Drug Trafficking and Bribery

Greenbelt, Maryland – A federal jury convicted former letter carrier Takisha Cole, age 33, of Washington, D.C. late on Friday, July 24, 2015 of possession with intent to distribute marijuana, use of a communications device to facilitate drug trafficking and bribery. The conviction was announced by United States Attorney for the District of Maryland Rod […]

Jul 22nd

Postal Inspector Supervisor pleads guilty to stealing Playboys, pills, drug trafficking

A U.S. supervisory postal inspector once named a federal employee of the year pleaded guilty Wednesday to stealing mail containing prescription pills, jewelry, passports, collectible Playboy magazines and other items in San Jose. Quan Pham Howard, 53, of Saratoga also pleaded guilty in U.S. District Court in San Jose to possession with intent to distribute […]

Mar 16th

Maryland Letter Carriers plead guilty to drug distribution conspiracy and accepting bribes

Baltimore, Maryland – A former U.S. Postal Service (USPS) letter carrier, Antoinette McDaniels, age 46, of Windsor Mill, Maryland, pleaded guilty today to a bribery and drug conspiracy in which she accepted bribes to divert packages of marijuana sent through the mail and deliver the packages to co-conspirators.  Former USPS letter carrier, Hilary Gainey, age […]

Feb 25th

Newly hired Ohio letter carrier accused of using, selling drugs on the job

CHAGRIN FALLS, Ohio — Was a local postal carrier delivering more than just the mail? He faces charges, accusing him of using drugs on the job. Bennie James Motley III, 20, of Maple Heights was charged Tuesday with drug trafficking, theft and possessing marijuana and drug paraphernalia. Police say he was a postal carrier, working […]