October 18, 2019 Memphis, TN – After a federal jury trial, Wendy Thomas, 39, has been convicted for robbery of mail, money or other property of the United States and use of a firearm during and in relation to a crime of violence. U.S. Attorney D. Michael Dunavant announced the guilty verdict today. According to […]
SOCASTEE, SC (WBTW) – A Socastee neighborhood is frustrated with a USPS mail carrier’s on-going behavior of tossing packages. On Thursday afternoon a doorbell camera caught the carrier tossing a package onto Billy Estes’s porch. “We need to know what’s going on at our homes when we’re not there. I mean not only for our […]
VIENNA, N.Y. – No injuries were reported after an SUV and a United States Postal Service truck collided on Route 49 in Vienna Friday afternoon. The mail truck ended up on a resident’s lawn after the accident, with parts of the back and side ripped off, leaving debris strewn across the property. Photo courtesy of […]
October 15 2019 NEWARK, N.J. – Two New Jersey men were sentenced today to prison terms for their roles in a scheme to bribe mail carriers to steal credit cards from the mail, U.S. Attorney Craig Carpenito announced. Olagoke Araromi, 22, of Union, New Jersey, was sentenced to 61 months in prison. He previously pleaded […]
October 11, 2019 BISMARCK, N.D. – The wind and snow prompted many businesses owners to stay closed Friday, but postal workers still had to make their rounds. Ron Isaak, a veteran postal worker, trudged through the snow and overcame drifts to make sure residents got their daily delivery. Mountains of mail are handled at the […]
October 9, 2019 And what appears to be unusual was captured on a home camera. It occurred last Saturday. The delivery person can be seen clad in a vest drop off the Amazon parcel. A little while later, there is an unidentified female post office worker who goes up to the same entrance and collects […]
October 9, 2019 STRASBURG, Colo. — Mail truck burnouts! That’s how USPS customers outside Strasburg describe the driving habits of their letter carrier. Neighbors say they’re becoming more and more frustrated. “It’s been pretty consistent with him,” USPS customer Allison Harris said. “Driving very fast down the road and leaving the ruts in front of […]
October 6, 2019 PEORIA, Ill.– A Peoria man is celebrating 50 years of service to Central Illinois. His job takes him through all four seasons trekking through rain, snow, heat and more. It takes a lot of dedication to have a single career span five decades, but it takes an exceptional person to inspire others […]
ORANGEVALE (CBS13) — Letters, ads, and boxes are a familiar sight to Andy Rendon. On one Friday in May, he says he saw something he’d never seen on his mail route. “I looked up and I did double-takes. I saw blonde hair running in between cars and I was like, ‘Oh, wow!’” Rendon said. That […]
October 5, 2019 FRANKLINVILLE, NY — A World War I-era postal uniform worn by the first female mail carrier in the U.S. was on display Thursday at the Ischua Valley Historical Society meeting. The uniform of Jessie McCaa, a Franklinville resident who was the country’s first woman mail carrier, was put on display for the […]