You feel like a victim every day.” If there was a poster child for identity theft. It would be this woman. Violated so many times, she and her husband are scared to show their identity. “Probably about a dozen times all together,” she said. It’s not that they’re not careful. “We’re very careful. We’re going […]
ATLANTA (CBS46) – Wilford Jackson lives in Southwest Atlanta. “Last night I was in bed trying to go to sleep,” he said. But he heard the mail truck at nearly midnight. “I jumped up,” he said. “I certainly didn’t expect it at that time of night.” Late mail delivery has been an ongoing issue for […]
11/7/17 EAST LIBERTY (KDKA) – A panicked and injured deer was put down after running out of control at a post office in East Liberty. The animal slammed into several parked cars and left behind a trail of damage. No one seemed to be able to corral the animal, not the police, or the Game […]
11/6/17 BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB)- A North Buffalo man is trying to regain control of his identity. A scammer stole his personal information by manipulating the U.S. Postal Service. He’s warning others to be vigilant and calling on the USPS to change its procedures. When Evan Cominsky got a letter in the mail from the USPS, he […]
11/4/17 MEMPHIS, Tenn. — We found mailboxes wide open and seemingly empty. “Every morning when I get ready to go to work they’ll be open,” Kenneth Quarles said. The postal service won’t deliver mail to boxes that don’t lock. Quarles says his does, but he like people with unlocked boxes hasn’t gotten any mail in […]
11/2/17 Dothan (WTVY)– The small Cowarts post office in Houston County was burglarized late Wednesday or early Thursday. The Cowarts Post Office is closed following a burglary discovered November 2, 2017 “It appears that boxes rented by postal customers were victimized,” Houston County Sheriff’s Office Major Bill Rafferty said. He referred additional questions to the […]
11/2/2017 Providence, R.I. – According to a federal public records request filed by Target 12, the USPS paid out $84 million dollars last year in tort claims. That figure includes property damage, injuries, and accidents. “We work on reducing that number every single year,” Dugas said. “In fact that’s one of the reasons carriers are […]
October 30, 2017 BROOKLYN (WABC) — A Brooklyn woman wants to warn New York City residents about a potential safety concern created by the lock boxes known as “key keepers” commonly used to store spare keys for postal carriers delivering mail to apartment complexes without a doorman and without exterior mailboxes. Adrianne Johnson said her […]
10/30/2017 SEATTLE — To the untrained eye, Ilsa seems a little slow and a little tired. But shedding hair and a toothy grin perhaps hide some darker purpose. “They keep on bringing it back to dogs. And I just want to get my mail,” said Ballard homeowner Randall Ehrlich. He is now suing the United […]
A retired veteran and postal worker missed his funeral after his remains were lost in the mail delivery process. The ashes of Richard Nelson, who once served in the Navy, remain missing. INDIANAPOLIS – A veteran and retired postal worker missed his funeral after his remains were lost in the mail delivery process. The ashes […]