PETERSBURG, Va. – The mail carrier accused of dumping months’ worth of mail into a Petersburg dumpster has been identified. The U.S. Attorney’s Office in Richmond has identified the former Petersburg Postal Worker as Ryan L. Hooker. Hooker knowingly and willfully obstructed the passage of mail by discarding mail entrusted to him in his capacity […]
August 4, 2015 CALIFORNIA – Some Filipinos are angry because they believe their postal carrier has been throwing away their mail. According to residents of Carson Apartment Complex, the US Postal Service has treated their dumpster as the new mailbox. They claimed they caught a mail carrier in the act of dumping their mail intended […]
RICHMOND, Va. — Two former mail carriers pleaded guilty to misdemeanor obstruction of mail. Ashley Gokey, age 39, and Eric Marshall, 23, walked out of federal court Thursday afternoon, after pleading guilty to misdemeanor obstruction of mail. Gokey pled guilty after she admitted to investigators she dumped more than 1,000 pieces of mail into trash containers […]
April 30, 2015 CHESTERFIELD COUNTY, Va. — Two U.S. postal carriers have admitted to trashing thousands of pieces of mail that should have been delivered to homes across Central Virginia, according to documents filed in U.S. District Court. Both postal carriers were issued citations for their actions and offered different excuses for why they threw […]