Mail Carrier leaves mail on side of road; quits job

USPS investigators learned that the mail carrier had resigned Sept. 8. “We do not anticipate any further action against this individual,” Special Agent Scott Balfour told the paper Wednesday. “The Roxborough Station Post Office is going to deliver the mail.” Authorities did not say what might have led the ex-employee to dump hundreds of letters. […]

USPS officials investigate after Baton Rouge LA resident reports mail in storm drain

7/24/2018 Postal service officials launched an investigation last week after a stack of “unattended mail” was found in Baton Rouge, but a Broadmoor neighbor said she saw a mail carrier dumping the letters into a storm drain. The neighbor, who didn’t want to be identified for fear of retribution, said she was inside her home […]

Stacks of undelivered, rifled mail found in SUV in Weymouth MA tow lot

5/10/2018 WEYMOUTH — Roslindale residents wondering why they never received that birthday card, credit card bill or tax refund check in the mail may soon find some answers at a police impound lot in Weymouth. The owner of Central Towing in South Weymouth, where police store impounded vehicles, said he found thousands of pieces of […]

Brooklyn postal worker arrested after 17,000 pieces of undelivered mail found

4/19/18 DYKER HEIGHTS, Brooklyn — A Brooklyn postal worker was arrested after 17,000 pieces of undelivered mail were found in his car, apartment and home, authorities said. Aleksey Germash, a letter carrier who’s worked for the United States Postal Service for more than 16 years, had undelivered mail from as far back as 2005 in his […]

Hundreds of pieces of mail found dumped in Mesquite TX gutter

11/16/17 MESQUITE, Texas (CBS11) – Residents in a southwest Mesquite neighborhood are furious after finding hundreds of pieces of mail in a gutter. Brenda Tisdale was walking her dogs when she noticed a few clean, white pieces of paper in the drain. “I was thinking, ‘that’s where all of our mail has gone,’” said Tisdale. […]

Video: Postal Worker sentenced for dumping 15,000 pieces of mail in DC sewers

WASHINGTON (ABC7) — A former United States Postal Service worker was sentenced Wednesday to two years probation and 150 hours of community service for dumping 15,000 pieces of U.S. mail in sewers in Northeast Washington. Christopher Newton, 23, received less community service time than his attorney requested which was 200 hours, according to ABC7’s Sam […]

Former DC Letter Carrier pleads guilty to dumping over 15,000 pieces of mail

Former Letter Carrier Pleads Guilty to Federal Charge, Admits Dumping More Than 15,000 Pieces of Mail Mail Was Found in a Catch Basin and Sewer in Northeast Washington, DC 6/22/17 WASHINGTON – Christopher Newton, 22, a former U.S. Postal Service employee, pled guilty today to a federal charge for dumping more than 15,000 pieces of […]