West Virginia postal worker pleads guilty to stealing pain pills from the mail

Postal worker targeted packages containing oxycodone and hydrocodone 10/2/2017 CHARLESTON, W.Va. – A former postal worker who stole oxycodone and hydrocodone pills from packages pleaded guilty today, announced United States Attorney Carol Casto. Brittany Harrison, 31, of Cross Lanes, entered her guilty plea to theft of mail by a postal employee. Harrison was a federal […]

Addiction to pain meds led to 30-year Postal Manager’s mail theft charges

EVANSVILLE – The moment it began for Kevin Ray Hicks is still etched clearly in his mind. In his hands was a torn package of mail containing a bottle of prescription pain pills. Hydrocodone. “I don’t know what happened but my mind took me to a place I’d never been before and I started taking […]

Missouri rural mail carrier arrested on felony drug charge

Lewis County mail carrier arrested on felony drug charge LEWIS COUNTY, MO. —A Lewis County Missouri rural carrier associate was arrested last week on a felony drug charge. According to Lewis County Sheriff David Parrish, Julie Marie Campbell, 41, of rural Edina, was arrested April 1 on one count of illegal possession of a controlled […]

Florida Postal Worker arrested for allegedly selling pills out of mail truck

ROCKLEDGE — A Brevard County (Florida) postal worker is under arrest — accused of dealing drugs out of her mail truck. Rockledge police say 47-year-old Tonya Wheeler was caught during a drug transaction by a postal inspector at the Rockledge Post Office on Murrell Road Wednesday. Detectives say Wheeler was selling prescription pills to 41-year-old […]

Evansville, IN Postal Manager charged with stealing veterans prescription drugs

(October 28, 2014) A grand jury in Indiana has indicted a Manager of District Operations (MDO) at the Evansville, Indiana Mail Processing and Distribution Facility (P&DF) on charges of stealing prescription pain medication addressed to veterans in Indiana and Kentucky. According to a news release issued by  (Acting) U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of […]