Memphis mail truck recovered after being stolen by woman on bike
MEMPHIS, Tenn. — Officials have recovered a mail truck in Southaven that was stolen from a mail carrier on route in South Memphis. Kyla Spears, 20, of Memphis was arrested and booked on a charge of...
View ArticleWeld County, CO Woman Sentenced To Federal Prison For Stealing Over $180,000...
DENVER – 5/7/19 – Lorrine Kimmel, age 48, of Weld County, Colorado, was sentenced today by Senior U.S. District Court Judge Wiley Y. Daniel to serve 15 months in federal prison, followed by 3 years on...
View ArticleMan Who Cashed More Than $60,000 in Stolen Postal Money Orders Sentenced to...
5/8/19 – John H. Durham, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, announced that James Lebel, 40, formerly of Brooklyn, Connecticut, was sentenced today by U.S. District Judge Kari A....
View ArticlePostal Service Transcontinental Railroad Stamp Will Be Released Friday, May 10
The Transcontinental Railroad stamps images of the Jupiter and No. 119 locomotives and the golden spike used to mark the railroad’s completion in 1869. The Postal Service will release its...
View ArticleFormer Postal Worker Sentenced to Fourteen Months in Prison for Stealing...
Defendant Stole Dozens of Digital Devices from Kent Priority Mail Annex and Recruited Others to Re-Sell them on Online Marketplaces and Elsewhere 5/14/19 – A former U.S. Postal Service...
View ArticleCalifornia Postal Inspector Arrested for Allegedly Stealing Proceeds from...
PEN Exclusive – 5/17/19 – A Stockton CA Postal Inspector, Daron Tarver, is scheduled to appear in Sacramento Federal Court on May 23, 2019, stemming from his arrest and indictment (USA v Tarver...
View ArticlePoll ranks USPS first among agencies
A Gallup survey released this week ranks USPS first among 13 government agencies in delivering excellent or good customer service. USPS News Link – 5/16/19 – Nearly three in four Americans say the...
View ArticleU.S. Postal Service Employee Sentenced for Embezzling Postal Money Orders
BOSTON – 5/21/19 – A U.S. Postal Service (USPS) employee has been sentenced in federal court in Boston with embezzling over $18,000. Rashayna Seney, 26, of Randolph, was sentenced by U.S. District...
View ArticleUSPS: Memorial Day Holiday to be observed May 27
A woman with a flower searches a sea of graves for a family member buried at Arlington National Cemetery on Memorial Day in 2013. USPS News Link – The United States will observe Memorial Day, a...
View ArticleU.S. Postal Service Honoring Former President George H.W. Bush with Forever...
First Day of Issue Event June 12th at Bush Center in College Station, Acknowledging President Bush 95th Birthday What: The U.S. Postal Service is issuing a Forever stamp honoring George Herbert Walker...
View ArticleFormer Manager of North Kenner, LA Post Office Sentenced To 30 Months for...
NEW ORLEANS – 5/30/19 – United States Attorney Peter G. Strasser announced today that RYAN S. CORTEZ, age 47, of Des Allemands, Louisiana, was sentenced today for Misappropriation of Postal Funds....
View ArticlePostal Service Issuing 1969: First Moon Landing Forever Stamps
What: The U.S. Postal Service is celebrating the 50th anniversary of Apollo 11 and man’s first steps on the Moon with two Forever stamps. The stamp dedication ceremony is free and open to the public....
View ArticleUSPS Postal Facts Has New Tidbits
You can view Postal Facts on a variety of devices. USPS News Link – 6/5/19 – Are you reading Postal Facts? Earlier this year, USPS updated the popular website with even more impressive data about...
View ArticleFormer Louisiana Postal Employee Sentenced For Misappropriation of Postal Funds
NEW ORLEANS – 6/6/19 – United States Attorney Peter G. Strasser announced that JACQUELINE M. BATISTE a/k/a Jacqueline Batiste Francois, age 48, of New Orleans, Louisiana, was sentenced yesterday for...
View ArticleUSPS Forever Stamp Honors WWII Battleship
The USS Missouri stamp features a digital illustration of the battleship cutting through the water and wearing the camouflage she wore in 1944. USPS News Link – 6/10/19 – The USS Missouri will sail...
View ArticleWoman accused of stealing postal worker uniforms from laundry room surrenders
BLACKWOOD, N.J. (WPVI) — Washington Township police are investigating an alleged laundry room theft at an apartment complex in New Jersey. According to police, the woman they believe is seen in the...
View ArticleUSPS named one of nation’s best employers
Mail Processing Clerk Cang Le works at the Merrifield, VA, Processing and Distribution Center this year. USPS ranks second on a list of the nation’s best employers in a new survey by Forbes magazine....
View ArticleFormer Toledo mail carrier sentenced to more than a year in prison for...
6/11/19 – DOL – A former U.S Postal carrier from Toledo was sentenced to more than a year in prison for stealing parcels containing drugs from the mail, as well as having a firearm. Ramon Johnson, 27,...
View ArticleFlorida Trucking Company VP Pleads Guilty to Orchestrating USPS Contract Fraud
DOL – 6/12/19 – Ariana Farjado Orshan, U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of Florida, and Steven Stuller, Deputy Special Agent in Charge, U.S. Postal Service Office of Inspector General (USPS OIG)...
View Article‘Mighty Mo’ – USS Missouri stamp dedicated
Rear Adm. Brian P. Fort of U.S. Navy Region Hawaii discusses the USS Missouri stamp at the June 11 dedication ceremony at Pearl Harbor. USPS News Link – 6/13/19 – The U.S. Navy’s last battleship was...
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