Missouri Postal Worker pleads guilty to stealing over $5,000

KANSAS CITY, Mo. – Tammy Dickinson, United States Attorney for the Western District of Missouri, announced that a former employee at the North Kansas City, Mo., post office pleaded guilty in federal court today to stealing money from a cash drawer. Jacob Crisp, 24, formerly of Kansas City, Mo., pleaded guilty before U.S. District Judge […]

Two West Virginia Postmaster Reliefs charged with stealing funds from USPS

November 3, 2015 Two Postmaster Reliefs  (PMRs) were charged with stealing  from USPS. Here is the press release from the United States Attorney’s office Northern District of West Virginia: CLARKSBURG, WEST VIRGINIA – A federal grand jury returned indictments today charging Ceressa B. Patterson, 29, of Fairview, West Virginia, and Rose Munro, 53, of Wana, […]

Ohio postmaster gets 10 months for stealing over $57,000 from USPS, customers

October 29, 2015 CLEVELAND — The former postmaster of the Gates Mills Post Office was sentenced to 10 months in prison and ordered to repay approximately $57,000 that she stole, said Steven M. Dettelbach, United States Attorney for the Northern District of Ohio, and Monica Weyler, Special Agent in Charge of the U.S. Postal Service […]

Former Maryland Letter Carrier sentenced to prison for Drug Trafficking and Bribery

October 19, 2015 Greenbelt, Maryland – U.S. District Judge Theodore D. Chuang sentenced former letter carrier Takisha Cole, age 33, of Washington, D.C. today to 21 months in prison followed by three years of supervised release for possession with intent to distribute marijuana, use of a communications device to facilitate drug trafficking and bribery. The […]

Two NY Mail Carriers Charged with Bribery in Connection with Narcotics Trafficking Operations

October 15, 2015 BUFFALO, NY—U.S. Attorney William J. Hochul Jr. announced today that, in the first of its kind prosecution, Dennis Bernhard, 56, of Derby, NY, and Briana Fugate, 25, of Cheektowaga, NY, were arrested and charged in separate criminal complaints with multiple counts of bribery. Fugate was also charged with possession with intent to […]

Maryland Postal Worker Pleads Guilty to Embezzling $92,148

September 1, 2015 Baltimore, Maryland – Tonya Lucille Higgs, age 50, of Owings Mills, Maryland pleaded guilty today to misappropriation of postal funds. The guilty plea was announced by United States Attorney for the District of Maryland Rod J. Rosenstein and Special Agent in Charge Paul L. Bowman of the U.S. Postal Service, Office of […]

Former Postal Supervisor heads to federal prison for theft

August 11, 2015 HOUSTON – A former supervisor with the U.S. Postal Service (USPS) has been ordered to federal prison following his conviction of theft of money from the government, announced U.S. Attorney Kenneth Magidson. A Houston federal jury found Brandon Antwan Junior, 32, of Houston, guilty of stealing from the USPS following a three-day […]

New York man facing 20 years in prison for assaulting mail carrier

Rochester, NY – A man pleaded guilty Monday of assaulting a United States Postal Service mail carrier. Orlando Justice, 27, of Rochester plead guilty after officials say he threatened the mail carrier with an assault-style rifle. The court report says the mail carrier refused to deliver mail to Justice’s home because he had been attacked […]

Former Postmaster Relief Sentenced To Federal Prison For Theft Of Postal Funds And Identity Theft

Louisiana postal worker opened mail, stole identities and credit BATON ROUGE, LA –United States Attorney Walt Green announced that Chief U.S. District Judge Brian A. Jackson sentenced LARONDA D. MOORE, age 38, of Baton Rouge, Louisiana, yesterday to serve 32 months in federal prison for her conviction for aggravated identity theft and misappropriation of postal […]

Woman sentenced for mailing loaded .357 Magnum in Idaho that discharged injuring Postal Worker at Massachusetts facility

BOISE, IDAHO  – Tami Dee Bachart, 47, of McCall, Idaho, was sentenced yesterday to one year of probation for mailing injurious articles and causing a firearm to be present in a federal facility, U.S. Attorney Wendy J. Olson announced.  As part of her sentence, Chief U.S. District Judge B. Lynn Winmill ordered Bachart to serve […]