3/8/18 The U.S. Postal Service tells KTVU there has been a rash of mail vehicle burglaries while they’re parked in various neighborhoods in Oakland. Mail and packages have been stolen. A postal inspector says thieves are breaking into the side windows and getting into the postal vehicle to steal. Mail carriers load up the back […]
Manatee- Three semi-trucks that haul mail were destroyed after the trailers they were hauling caught fire outside a U.S. Postal Service location in southern Manatee County on Wednesday. All three trailers were empty at the time of the fire, so no mail is reported to have been destroyed. Cedar Hammock Fire Rescue was called out […]
COLUMBUS, Ohio — A recent ABC6 Investigation looking into mail delivery problems in Columbus revealed the problem goes way beyond city borders. Complaints about poor delivery service, or in some cases no delivery service, poured in from neighborhoods stretching from Bexley to Grove City to North Columbus. Lisa Wright, from Bexley, said her mail problems stretch […]
2/10/18 COLUMBIA COUNTY, Ga. (WJBF) – Two Columbia County postal service offices were exposed to break-ins into their delivery boxes over the weekend. The USPS managers from both locations called the sheriff’s office on Monday morning to report some mail was stolen from their drive up mailboxes, after it was pried open. The manager of the Ronald Reagan Drive office […]
2/7/18 BINGHAMTON (WBNG) — Not everyone had a snow day Wednesday. While there was a lot of focus on clearing the roads, the sidewalks present the biggest challenge for postal workers and delivery personnel. According to the U.S. Postal Service, cars driven by members of U.S.P.S. don’t have four-wheel drive. Postal workers appreciate anyone who […]
2/6/18 LAKE CORMORANT, Miss. — A postal worker was robbed at the post office in Lake Cormorant, according to the U.S. Postal Service. It happened around 5:30 Monday at the post office in Lake Cormorant on Star Landing off Route 61. The postman said he was picking up some mail when a stranger ran up […]
WEST CHESTER, OH (FOX19) -A U.S. Postal Service mail carrier was kidnapped at gunpoint from a West Chester neighborhood and forced to drive to the interstate Wednesday, police records show. The carrier, 20, was not hurt in the noon attack in the 7900 block of 3rd Street off Tylersville Road just east of Cincinnati-Dayton Road, a […]
ST. LOUIS – Last week, a St. Louis mail carrier shared her story of being bullied on the job. She said a supervisor threw a key at her. “I thought about committing suicide because it had gotten that bad,” she said. After her story aired, 5 On Your Side got at least a dozen phone […]
1/31/2018 Two locked postal trucks were broken into in Willow Glen on Monday contributing to the string of break-ins that began last spring through the Bay Area. Despite added patrols, and beefed up security, postal truck thefts continue. A total of 19 trucks have been reported broken-into in San Jose since last spring. Two different […]
Karma reared its ugly head at a porch pirate who took a nasty fall while allegedly stealing packages from a home outside Seattle. As the alleged thief scurried back to her getaway car, she took a nasty spill on the wet grass. Surveillance cameras caught her trying to get up but the injury was serious. […]