12/12/2019 TOANO, Va. — A contract U.S. Postal Service employee is accused of stealing boxes of personal checks to commit bank fraud. The crime allegedly happened last year from around March to September, and the checks were destined for residential mailboxes in Toano. According to a federal indictment, a man named Abraham Redding filled out […]
12/11/2019 URBANDALE, Iowa — The U.S. Postal Service said workers are now on the job seven days-a-week delivering 13 billion pieces of mail and packages. In the past five years, specific package deliveries have increased from 4 billion to 6 billion. “We call this our Superbowl, so its our busiest time of year,” said Michael […]
12/11/2019 MILWAUKEE — A mailman is in serious condition after he was struck by a hit-and-run driver. The incident happened about 5:45 p.m. Tuesday at South 13th Street and West Euclid Avenue in Milwaukee. A surveillance camera at a nearby business captured the collision on video. It shows the driver hitting the mailman as the […]
CHICAGO – The United States Postal Police are on the lookout for one of their postal trucks after it was stolen in Lincoln Park on Tuesday morning. Chicago Police are assisting with the investigation. The theft happened in the 2500 block of N. Ashland Ave. USPS says the procedure is for the mail truck to […]
12/9/2019 CARLISLE, Pa. (WHTM) — A staffing shortage at the United States Postal Service is causing mail and package delays in at least one part of central Pennsylvania. The USPS acknowledged the problem to ABC27, saying it is struggling to hire enough workers in Cumberland County, and that is subsequently causing significant delays of package […]
12/9/2019 HILLIARD, Fla. — A U.S. Mail letter carrier is recovering after she was attacked by three pit bulls during her route in Hilliard. Lacey Cassidy wears an arm sling with her arm wrapped in a heavy bandage. ” I have never pleaded with an animal in my life,” Lacey Cassidy said. “All I could […]
12/10/2019 A U.S. Postal Service truck struck and killed an 81-year-old woman who was crossing University Boulevard in Silver Spring, Maryland, Monday night, police say. The woman appeared to have been crossing the 1100 block of University Boulevard West in front of the Warwick Apartments. Montgomery County Police said a USPS driver allegedly hit her […]
12/7/2019 Downtown Dallas residents say they’re frustrated over post office problems that have been going on for more than a year. Caitlin Potter got married in late September. Over two months later, she’s still getting RSVP’s from guests who attended the wedding. NBC5
12/5/2019 SAN JOSE (KRON) — Police in San Jose are investigating after three UPS trucks were robbed at gunpoint this week. The San Jose Police Department said Thursday that two suspects are responsible for the three separate robberies. During each robbery, a suspect armed with a handgun approached a UPS truck and demanded the driver […]
CHICAGO (CBS) — They enter empty-handed but walk out carry bags of stolen packages from a mailroom. The theft alone is alarming, but CBS 2’s Jermont Terry reports, there’s a concern about how the thieves gain access to the West Loop condos. The suspects don’t break in or wait for somebody to open a door. […]