Video: Postal worker shot with BB gun in Southwest Philadelphia

SOUTHWEST PHILADELPHIA (WPVI) –Police say a female postal worker was delivering mail when she was shot twice with a BB gun in Southwest Philadelphia. The 28-year-old victim was hit in the knee and back. She left the Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania on Friday evening after being treated. “She’s walking up towards the house, […]

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 […]

Video: DC Mail carrier says she was assaulted over missing mail, but police tell different story

WASHINGTON – A U.S. Postal Worker says she was assaulted by two women in a dispute over missing mail, but D.C. police tell a different story. They say she was the aggressor and the suspect instead, and that she may have called friends for help before officers arrived. Mia Williams works out of the USPS […]

Tennessee mail carrier chosen to appear in new USPS TV commercial

ROGERSVILLE – It’s easy to see why the United States Postal Service selected Rogersville mail carrier Lisa Jones to appear in a new national ad campaign for Sunday package delivery. The 14-year USPS veteran is unabashedly enthusiastic about her job. “The Postal Service had a little campaign ad they sent out to all the Posts Offices […]

Postmaster General sued after letter carrier reports alleged discrimination

Kimberly L. Cox filed a lawsuit Aug. 4 in the Eastern District of Texas against Patrick R. Donahoe, as Postmaster General, and the United States Postal Service, citing civil rights violations. According to the complaint, Cox, who is white, was a letter carrier for the Kilgore, Texas Post Office since 1997. In July and August […]

Florida Man allegedly attacks letter carrier, throws furniture at truck over no mail

A Florida man is under arrest after authorities say he hit a postal carrier and threw furniture at his truck because he didn’t have any mail for him. Ocala Police Department Sgt. Angy Scroble said 27-year-old Aaron Bernard Smith faces charges of burglary, battery and criminal mischief. Scroble said the postman told police Smith struck […]