Postal Worker targeted in extortion, email threat

A man who says he was angry his gold was stolen, is facing possible felony charges of extortion and threats with an explosive device. Threats that included a request for a ransom payment led to the arrest of James Pinkerton, 49, Catoosa. Tuesday, United States Postal Inspection Service Inspector Daniel Nevels was notified of an […]

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 […]

Cleveland USPS Vehicle Maintenance Manager indicted on new charges of extortion, theft

On March 6, 2014, “the manager of the U.S. Postal Service’s Vehicle Maintenance Facility in Cleveland was charged with 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 Charge of the […]