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Nebraska postal employee convicted for opening U.S. Mail
6/30/20 – United States Attorney Joe Kelly announced that Renee L. Coats, 58, of Hastings, NE, was sentenced today in Lincoln by Chief United States District Judge John M. Gerrard for opening and...
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McKees Rocks, PA Man Sentenced to Prison for Assaulting a Postal Carrier
PITTSBURGH – 7/2/20 – A resident of McKees Rocks, PA, pleaded guilty today and was sentenced in federal court to 46 months in prison followed by three years of supervised release on conviction of...
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Postal Service Reveals Addition to 2020 Stamp Program – New Stamps Celebrate...
WASHINGTON, DC — The U.S. Postal Service today announced the addition of the Innovation stamps to its 2020 stamp releases. Additional details, including the date these new Forever stamps will be...
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West Virginia mail carrier admits to attempted election fraud
ELKINS, WEST VIRGINIA – DOJ 7/9/20 – Thomas Cooper, a mail carrier in Pendleton County, has admitted to attempted election fraud, U.S. Attorney Bill Powell announced. Cooper, age 47, of Dry Fork, West...
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Illinois Postal Employee Charged With Stealing Mail
DOJ – 7/10/20 – A federal grand jury for the Southern District of Illinois has returned on indictment charging Brittany Freeman, 27, of Johnston City, Illinois (Williamson County), with four counts of...
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Nebraska Postal Employee Charged With Theft of Mail Matter
Austin M. Thomas, age 29, is charged with theft of mail matter by postal employee on or about September, 2019 and continuing through January, 2020. The maximum possible penalty if convicted is 5...
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Retired Postal Worker Sentenced to Over 8 Years in Prison for Bribery Scheme
LOS ANGELES – A former employee of the United States Postal Service was sentenced today to 100 months in federal prison for accepting bribes from business customers in exchange for falsely approving...
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USPS Burial Flags Reminder
USPS News Link – 7/21/20 – The Postal Service is reminding employees about a procedural change for the replenishment of flags distributed through the organization’s Burial Flag Program. Through the...
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USPS Taking Steps Toward Greater Efficiency
USPS News Link – 7/20/20 – Under the leadership of Postmaster General Louis DeJoy, the Postal Service is developing a business plan to ensure that the organization will be financially stable and able...
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Fresno Mailbox Thief Gets One Year in Federal Lockup
One of Fresno’s most notorious thieves in recent memory is headed to federal prison for one year and a day. U.S. District Judge Dale A. Drozd sentenced Justin Deger, 28, Thursday for credit card fraud...
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St. Petersburg Postal Clerk Indicted For Stealing Mail And Passport...
Tampa, Florida – 7/21/20 – United States Attorney Maria Chapa Lopez announces the return of an indictment charging Jasmine Wynne (30, Ruskin) with one count of conspiracy to commit bank fraud, five...
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Postal Worker Robbed At Gunpoint While On Job In Philadelphia’s Nicetown...
PHILADELPHIA (CBS) — A postal worker was robbed at gunpoint while on the job in Nicetown. Philadelphia police say a doorbell camera captured the two suspects running away after the robbery. CBS...
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USPS Employees Reminded of Hatch Act Social Media Rules
USPS News Link – 7/22/20 – The Postal Service is reminding employees that they are required to abide by the Hatch Act, including the guidelines for using social media — even while working from home....
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Former Kansas APWU President Sentenced To Probation – Ordered To Pay $4,740...
DOL – 7/22/20 – On July 16, 2020, in the United States District Court for the District of Kansas, Asenath Roland, former President of the Kansas Postal Workers Union (located in Wichita, Kans.), was...
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Bugs Bunny Stamps Now Available Nationwide
WASHINGTON, DC — 7/27/20 – The U.S. Postal Service issued the Bugs Bunny commemorative Forever stamps today, the character’s 80th birthday. The Bugs Bunny stamps were dedicated in a virtual ceremony...
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U.S. Postal Service Board of Governors to Meet Aug. 7
WASHINGTON, DC — 7/28/20 – The U.S. Postal Service Board of Governors will meet in open session on Aug. 7, 2020, at 9:00 a.m. ET. The Board is expected to discuss the following items: Call to Order and...
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Pennsylvania Man Sentenced To 30 Months’ Imprisonment For Conspiring To Steal...
HARRISBURG – 7/29/20 – The United States Attorney’s Office for the Middle District of Pennsylvania announced that Steven Williams, age 48, of York, Pennsylvania, was sentenced on July 28, 2020, to 30...
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Illinois Letter Carrier Sentenced for Cashing Dead Mother’s Social Security...
DOJ – 7/29/20 – This morning, in federal court in East St. Louis, Mia Lynn Cousett, 33, of Alton, Illinois, was sentenced to three years of probation for her conviction on twelve felony counts of theft...
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California Man Pleads Guilty to Burglary of 10 Post Offices
Chico Man Pleads Guilty to Burglary of 10 Post Offices in the Counties of Butte, Glenn, Shasta, Sutter and Tehama SACRAMENTO, Calif. — 8/4/20 – Jeremy Elguez, 32, of Chico, pleaded guilty today to...
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Nebraska Postal Employee Sentenced for Theft by Government Official
Lincoln, Neb. — United States Attorney Joe Kelly announced that Robin A. Smith, 41, of Wilcox, Nebraska, was sentenced on August 4, 2020 in Lincoln, Nebraska, by Senior United States District Judge...
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