(October 24, 2014) Memphis, TN – Edward L. Stanton III, United States Attorney for the Western District of Tennessee announced today that Patricia F. Baker, 50, of Memphis, TN was sentenced this week by U.S. District Judge Sheryl H. Lipman to serve 18 months in federal prison followed by three years of supervised release, forfeit […]
COPPERAS COVE (August 14, 2014) Jerry Materne moved to his home in Copperas Cove one year ago, and for the last 12 months he’s had trouble getting his mail delivered. Materne, an Army National Guard member who served in the military for 21 years, said he filed multiple complaints with the local post office after […]
National Association of Postal Supervisors Statement on the Postal Service’s Plan to Close Eighty-Two Processing Facilities The Postal Service on June 30 announced a major restructuring of its mail processing network with the closure of eighty-two (82) processing facilities throughout the country beginning in January, 2015. NAPS opposes the Postal Service’s plan because it will […]
Los Angeles Network Distribution Center Mechanic Antonio Montejano has paid tribute to the nation’s veterans by painting a military-themed mural inside the building. The mural depicts members of the armed forces against an American flag background. The mural recently attracted the attention of an NBC News crew, which stopped by the facility to film the […]
BUFFALO, N.Y.– U.S. Attorney William J. Hochul, Jr. announced today that Richard Klaffka, 56, of Holland, N.Y., was charged by criminal complaint in connection with the defendant’s receipt of benefits from the Veterans’ Administration and Workers’ Compensation under false pretenses. Klaffka is charged with making false statements, mail fraud, wire fraud, and fraud. The charges […]
One veteran says postal workers are stealing his medication right out of one Chattanooga post office and investigators believe he’s not the only one. For the past 2.5 years, Steve Waller has been treated for a number of medical problems “some of which, involves chronic pain for spinal stenosis and chronic hip pain,” says Waller. […]
A Corinth woman who worked as a manager at the U.S. Postal Service distribution center in Hampden pleaded guilty Friday in U.S. District Court to stealing drugs from mailed packages intended for veterans in eastern Maine. Michelle Trask, 46, pleaded guilty at her initial court appearance before Judge John Woodcock Jr. to theft of mail […]
THE COLONY — Wherever Zack Pennington goes, so does Ella, his service dog. Pennington is a Navy veteran who served from 1998 to 2007 and did tours in Iraq and Afghanistan. “She’s a safety blanket for me,” he said. Pennington was diagnosed with PTSD is 2008, and through a program called “Shepherds For Lost Sheep” […]
LOS ANGELES, April 5 – Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) today issued the following statement on President Obama’s proposal to cut benefits for Social Security recipients, disabled veterans and others: “I am terribly disappointed and will do everything in my power to block President Obama’s proposal to cut benefits for Social Security recipients through a chained […]
WASHINGTON, Nov. 8, 2012 – An episode of the television show “Cheers” depicts the ties between the Defense Department and the U.S. Postal Service, ties that were highlighted during the Veterans Day ceremony at Postal Service headquarters today. In that 1989 episode, then-Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Navy Adm. William J. Crowe Jr. […]