Second Defendant Sentenced in Case Involving Shooting of Texas Mail Carrier

9/6/18 In San Antonio today, a federal judge sentenced 27-year-old Sarah Richford of San Antonio, to 20 years imprisonment in connection with the shooting of a U.S. Mail carrier last year in Spring Branch, TX, announced U.S. Attorney John F. Bash; Inspector in Charge Adrian Gonzalez, U.S. Postal Inspection Service, Houston Division; and, San Antonio […]

Riverside CA recycling execs sentenced in scheme involving $3.4 million worth of stolen USPS pallets

7/20/2018 Two men who orchestrated a scheme to recycle stolen pallets belonging to the United States Postal Service and sell them for profit have been sentenced to two years in federal prison. Hugo Guzman, 40, of Fontana was sentenced Thursday while Jorge Villalobos, 41, of Riverside was sentenced in April, the United States Attorney’s Office announced […]

New Jersey Postal Worker Admits Stealing Parcels Containing Marijuana

7/19/2018 NEWARK, N.J. – A former U.S. Postal Service (USPS) mail handler today admitted stealing approximately 16 packages containing marijuana, U.S. Attorney Craig Carpenito announced. Akeem Cauthen, 30, of Newark, pleaded guilty before U.S. District Judge Susan D. Wigenton in Newark federal court to an information charging him with one count of theft of mail. […]

Albuquerque Woman Pleads Guilty to Assaulting 3 Postal Workers with deadly weapons

July 17, 2018 ALBUQUERQUE – Jackie Herron, 25, of Albuquerque, N.M., pled guilty today in federal court to assaulting three federal employees with deadly weapons.  Herron entered the guilty plea without the benefit of a plea agreement. Herron was arrested on Feb. 22, 2018, on a three-count indictment charging her with assaulting three U.S. Postal […]

Former Wisconsin Postal Worker Sentenced for Stealing From the Mail

July 17, 2018 MADISON, WIS. – Scott C. Blader, United States Attorney for the Western District of Wisconsin, announced that Joanne T. Huehn, 42, formerly of Milltown, Wis., was sentenced for stealing from the mail while an employee of the U.S. Postal Service.  U.S. District Judge William M. Conley sentenced Huehn to five years of probation.  […]

Former Fedex Employees Indicted for Stealing Mail from Religious Organizations

Memphis, TN – Three Memphis women have been indicted with stealing mail intended for religious organizations throughout the United States. U.S. Attorney D. Michael Dunavant for the Western District of Tennessee announced the indictments today. According to the indictments, throughout 2015, Tiara Williams, Crystal Berry and Kimberly Smith worked in the same area in the […]

Two Men Charged In White Plains NY Federal Court With Mail Theft Spree

6/28/2018 Geoffrey S. Berman, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, and Peter Rendina, Inspector-in-Charge of the New York Office of the U.S. Postal Inspection Service (“USPIS”), announced today the arrest of STEVEN CARSON and DEREK BROWN, both of whom were charged in a complaint with stealing mail from Postal Service […]

Ohio Postal employee indicted for stealing more than 250 gift cards from the mail

A grand jury returned an indictment charging a U.S. Postal Service employee with stealing more than 250 gift cards from the mail while working at 2400 Orange Avenue in Cleveland. Monique Wheeler, 54, of Warrensville Heights, was indicted on one count of theft of mail. Wheeler knowingly stole or took letters, postal cards, packages, bags, […]