Man Convicted in 2013 Holiday Shooting , Robbery of Letter Carrier Gets 29 ½ years in prison

June 19, 2015 BOSTON – A Dorchester man was sentenced today to 29 ½ years in prison in connection with the assault, robbery and kidnapping of a U.S. Postal letter carrier that took place just before Christmas, 2013. Keyon Taylor, 22, was sentenced today by U.S. District Court Judge Denise J. Casper to 29½ years […]

USPS Station Manager sentenced to prison in bribe scheme

Station Manager Received Bribes for Inflated Invoices for Landscaping and Cleaning Services Baltimore, Maryland – U.S. District Judge Ellen L. Hollander sentenced former U.S. Postal Service station manager Richard Lewis Wright, III, age 47, of Baltimore, today to 40 months in prison followed by three years of supervised release for bribery in connection with a […]

Man Convicted in 2013 Holiday Shooting , Robbery of Massachusetts Letter Carrier

Man Convicted in Holiday Shooting of Dorchester Postal Carrier BOSTON, MASSACHUSETTS – Following a two-week trial, a federal jury convicted a Dorchester man yesterday in connection with the shooting, robbing, and kidnapping of a U.S. Postal letter carrier days before Christmas in 2013. Keyon Taylor, 22, was found guilty of assault on a federal employee, […]

Iowa postmaster charged with stealing prescription drugs from mail

A federal indictment has been filed against  Danny D. Miller, Postmaster of Forest City, Iowa on theft charges. Miller has worked for the US Postal Service since 1988 and the postmaster of Forrest City since 2012. From the October 23, 2014 grand jury indictment: Beginning on or about May 2013 and continuing through on or […]

California Man Pleads Guilty to Stealing 57 Vehicle Batteries from USPS Mail Trucks

FRESNO, Calif. — Rene Garcia, 47, of Sanger, pleaded guilty today to stealing government property, United States Attorney Benjamin B. Wagner announced. Garcia has been detained as a flight risk in federal custody since his arrest on August 18, 2014. According to his plea agreement, on numerous occasions between September 2012 and March 2013, Garcia […]

Indiana Postmaster Relief charged with embezzlement

A Postal Worker from Rockport, Indiana was charged with embezzlement following an investigation by the U.S. Postal Service and the Office of Inspector General. Acting U.S. Attorney Josh Minkler says Brittney Thorpe, 26, allegedly took Postal Service money orders and converted them to cash to pay her living expenses.  This allegedly took place between December […]

Cleveland USPS VMF manager gets 46 months in prison for taking bribes

The former manager of the U.S. Postal Service’s Vehicle Maintenance Facility in Cleveland was sentenced to nearly four years in prison for taking cash bribes in exchange for awarding business and contracts from the Postal Service, said Steven M. Dettelbach, United States Attorney for the Northern District of Ohio, and Monica Weyler, Special Agent in […]

One USPS Station Manager pleads guilty, another Station Manager sentenced in Bribe Scheme

Station Managers Submitted Fraudulent and Inflated Invoices for Landscaping and Cleaning Services in Exchange for Bribe Payments Baltimore, Maryland – Former U.S. Postal Service Station Manager Richard Lewis Wright, III, age 47, of Baltimore, pleaded guilty today to bribery in connection with a scheme to obtain U.S. Postal Service contracts in exchange for bribe payments. […]

Oklahoma postal worker sentenced to 3 years probation for delay or destruction of mail

Muskogee, Oklahoma – (August 21, 2014) The United States Attorney’s Office for the Eastern District of Oklahoma, announced today that JUSTIN SLATE THRONEBERRY, age 32, of Ardmore, Oklahoma, was sentenced to 3 years of probation for Delay Or Destruction Of Mail By a Postal Employee, in violation of Title 18, United States Code, Section 1703. […]

Updated: Maine Postmaster Relief pleads guilty to stealing over $20,000 worth of mail and money orders

March 6, 2015 – Update: The former PMR has been sentenced to three months in federal prison for stealing mail and embezzling postal money orders. Maine Postmaster Relief pleads guilty to stealing over $20,000 worth of mail and money orders August 19, 2014 – A former Postmaster Relief  (PMR) at the post office in East […]