CAMDEN, N.J. – A Delran, New Jersey, man will appear in federal court today to face charges that he abused his position as a U.S. Postal Service supervisor to steal cash deposits, U.S. Attorney Paul J. Fishman announced. Amar D. Patel, 35, is charged by complaint with knowingly embezzling, stealing, purloining, and converting to his […]
Federal Case Charges San Bernardino County Father and Son in Conspiracy to Steal Cash from the U.S. Postal Service 3/6/17 RIVERSIDE, California – A father and son have been arrested and charged in federal court in connection with a robbery late last week at a United States Postal Service facility in Victorville. According to court […]
CEDAR RAPIDS, Iowa (AP) – A northern Iowa woman must pay more than $6,000 in restitution that authorities say she took while working for the U.S. Postal Service. Prosecutors say DeAnn Lewman also was put on probation for five years and fined $500. She pleaded guilty to one count of making a false entry. Prosecutors […]
November 9, 2016 – Lehigh County, PA District Attorney Jim Martin announced Wednesday that Erica R. Harley, 35, of Evelyn Lane, Milford, has been charged with theft for allegedly taking $2,809.21 between January 2015 and June 2016. Harley worked at the Coopersburg PA post office. Failed audits and stamp inventory alerted the Inspector General’s Office, […]
ROCHESTER, N.Y. (AP) – A former postmaster for an upstate New York post office has been sentenced to two years’ probation for stealing nearly $20,000 from the U.S. government. The U.S. Attorney’s Office in Rochester says 27-year-old Jennifer Passeck, of Sodus Point, was also sentenced Thursday to six months home detention after being convicted of […]
BOISE, ID – Tana Stimpson, 51, of Paul, Idaho, pleaded guilty yesterday to misdemeanor theft of postal service property, U.S. Attorney Wendy J. Olson announced. According to the plea agreement, Stimpson admitted that on November 27, 2015, she sold a money order in the amount of $360 in her capacity as a U.S. Postal Service […]
July 6, 2016 (WXYZ) – A local United States Postal Service worker admitted to stealing around $2,000 worth of gift cards from the mail since 2015, according to a criminal complaint filed with the U.S. District Court. The report indicates a customer made the initial call to the Postal Service in December to report four […]
June 22, 2016 WILLIAMSPORT – The United States Attorney’s Office for the Middle District of Pennsylvania announced the filing of a Criminal Information yesterday charging Lori Regel-Childs with misappropriation of funds from the U.S. Post Office in South Williamsport, Pennsylvania. According U.S. Attorney Peter Smith, Regel-Childs, age 52, allegedly took approximately $11,611 from the South […]
ALBUQUERQUE, New Mexico – Gary J. Devine, 51, of Albuquerque, N.M., was sentenced today in federal court to two years of probation for his conviction on a theft of government funds charge. Devine was charged in a misdemeanor information filed in Oct. 2015, with theft of government funds. The charge arose from Devine allegedly keeping […]
6/3/2016 PHOENIX – In a north Phoenix neighborhood that’s been a big target for thieves, a law school graduate studying for the bar exam became the latest victim when a package thief took off with hundreds of dollars worth of law review books she had purchased to prepare for the big test. Dehlia Lockhart […]