Portland OR man receives prison sentence for theft of mail from USPS Vehicle

10/16/2017 PORTLAND, Ore. – On Monday, October 16, 2017, United States District Judge Ann Aiken sentenced Wayne Eugene Price, 36, to 12 months and one day in prison following his plea of guilty to theft of mail. Judge Aiken ordered Price to serve his federal prison sentence consecutive to the sentence he is serving currently […]

Ohio postal worker indicted for receiving methamphetamine

10/13/2017 A U.S. Postal Service letter carrier and a Euclid man were indicted for a conspiracy in which they received more than two kilograms of methamphetamine from California, U.S. Attorney Justin Herdman said. Marquacia Deshawn Morris, 26, of Woodmere, and Devon Williams, 23, of Euclid, were indicted on one count of conspiracy to possess with […]

Judge orders former Virginia postal worker to repay $2,600 stolen from the mail

10/06/17 – A judge sentenced a former mail sorter at the Roanoke post office to probation for stealing money from the mail. Michelle Spinner of Big Island was ordered at Thursday’s hearing to pay back $2,603, court papers said. She pleaded guilty in July to a single count of theft of mail or mail contents […]

Bulk Mailer Sentenced to 2 Years in Federal Prison for Defrauding USPS of Nearly $750,000

10/3/2017 Deirdre M. Daly, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, announced that ROBERT KUSS, 55, of Cheshire, was sentenced today by U.S. District Judge Robert N. Chatigny in Hartford to 24 months of imprisonment, followed by three years of supervised release, for defrauding the U.S. Postal Service of nearly $750,000. According to court […]

West Virginia postal worker pleads guilty to stealing pain pills from the mail

Postal worker targeted packages containing oxycodone and hydrocodone 10/2/2017 CHARLESTON, W.Va. – A former postal worker who stole oxycodone and hydrocodone pills from packages pleaded guilty today, announced United States Attorney Carol Casto. Brittany Harrison, 31, of Cross Lanes, entered her guilty plea to theft of mail by a postal employee. Harrison was a federal […]

California Postal Employee Sentenced To 72 Months In Prison For Drug Trafficking And Money Laundering

9/29/2017 HARRISBURG- The United States Attorney’s Office for the Middle District of Pennsylvania announced today that Ramona Long, age 57, a former U.S. Postal Service employee in Northern California, was sentenced on September 28, 2017, by United States District Court Judge Yvette Kane to 72 months’ imprisonment. Long previously entered pleas of guilty before Judge […]

Former Montana Postal Employee Convicted for $693,403 Workers’ Comp Fraud

8/25/2017 GREAT FALLS – The United States Attorney’s Office announced a federal court convicted Deborah Joy Durand of False Statements to Obtain Federal Employees’ Compensation Benefits, Wire Fraud, False Claims Relating to Workers’ Compensation Benefits, and Theft of Government Property.   U.S. District Judge Brian Morris presided over the 3-day trial. At trial, the government presented […]

Massachusetts Postmaster sentenced to probation for embezzling $31,000

7/20/17 BOSTON – The former Postmaster of the U.S. Postal Service Post Offices in Blackstone and Jefferson, Mass., was sentenced today in federal court in Worcester for stealing approximately $31,000 from the U.S. Postal Service. Carlitos Molina, 36, was sentenced by U.S. District Court Judge Timothy H. Hillman to two years of probation, the first […]

Virginia Postal Worker pleads guilty to stealing mail

7/19/17 Roanoke, VIRGINIA – A former employee of the United States Postal Service pled guilty yesterday in federal court here to stealing items from the mail, including cash, Acting United States Attorney Rick A. Mountcastle announced. Michelle Spinner, 56, of Big Island, Virginia, waived her right to be indicted and pled guilty yesterday to a […]