Denver Postal Inspectors recently arrested three suspects who robbed a USPS collections driver at knifepoint. Inspectors used witness descriptions and surveillance footage from several sources to charge the criminals, who eventually pleaded guilty. U.S. District Judge John Kane sentenced two of the robbers to five years each in a federal prison and three years of […]
Camden, NJ – A Franklinville, New Jersey, man was arrested on October 16, 2014 by federal agents of the U.S. Postal Inspection Service for allegedly mailing fraudulent invoices for non-existent workbooks to more than 70,000 schools throughout the United States, U.S. Attorney Paul J. Fishman announced. Robert S. Armstrong, 44, was charged by complaint with […]
JOSEPH HIGHTOWER says U.S. postal investigators agree he got ripped off last year when he bought a $600 money order to pay his rent. But no one in the Postal Service can tell Hightower when he’ll be refunded the cash he paid to a postal worker at the 30th near Chestnut Street branch on Nov. […]
Ellsworth, October 8, 2014- Agents from Maine Drug Enforcement’s Downeast Task Force based in Ellsworth arrested Five (5)individuals from Hancock County in a joint investigation with the Hancock County Sheriff’s Department, the Ellsworth Police Department, the US Coast Guard Investigative Service, US Postal Inspectors and Homeland Security Investigators (HSI). Acting on information received earlier this […]
Westchester County, NY — Postal Inspectors and Pelham, NY, Police arrested Anthony Monroe and his co-conspirators for allegedly stealing mail from U.S. Postal Service blue collection boxes in Westchester County. The investigation, which spanned several months, began when customers reported that checks and money orders they had mailed from the Mount Vernon Post Office had […]
MIAMI (CBSMiami) – A reward of up to $50,000 is being offered for information which leads to the arrest of two people who robbed a postal carrier of her mailbox key earlier this week. “They pointed a gun at her head and demanded the key then they took off running in the opposite direction,” said […]
SEATTLE, Wash. —The United States Postal Inspector’s Office s investigating a series of post office box break-ins at the Lake City Post Office Branch. Jack Kleinart said he found out that his post office box was tampered with when he checked his mail last week. “That’s why we have a post office box in the […]
The case in nutshell: (August 28, 2014) Postal Inspectors Robert Nigg (now retired) and Keith Lewis claimed that they were entitled to overtime pay under the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938. The Postal Inspectors alleged that the Postal Service failed to pay their proper wages for (i) hours they worked in excess of forty […]
by Don Cheney, retired Local APWU President I would like to commend the postal employees in Cape Girardeau, Missouri for speaking out on the delay of their customers’ First-Class Mail. Federal Lawmakers call for action on delayed mail claims. Some of it was caused by the collection time of mail being moved up from 5 […]
CHICAGO (WLS) –Every year more than 40 million people move. Besides making sure your household items move to your new house, you also need to move your mail. It’s a simple process, but there are pitfalls. Some consumers find out they’ve paid $20 or more for something that could have been free. “You can do […]