"... Police said the postal workers were targeted for their mail key.
The United States Postal Service encourages people to deposit mail at secure locations, including inside your local post office or at your place of business, or hand it directly to the letter carrier.
Police ask anyone with information about these robberies to call First Precinct Detective T. Wilson at (804) 646-0672 or Fourth Precinct Detective J. Land at (804) 646-3103 or Crime Stoppers at (804) 780-1000. The P3 Tips Crime Stoppers app for smartphones may also be used. All Crime Stoppers reporting methods are anonymous. ..." Source: www.wtvr.com
"... Mail carriers are continuing their routes despite many USPS trucks and vans often displaying graffiti that obscures their logos and makes them look unrecognizable as federal government vehicles.
"I think it's dangerous for the postal workers and the community because you can't see who's in here. You don't know that this is a government vehicle at all," said Jasmine Bessard, a former Oakland resident who works near the downtown post office and passes the tagged-up vans almost daily. ..." Source: www.cbsnews.com
"A postal employee was shot and killed at the United States Postal Service Processing and Distribution Center in Tukwila, Washington, on Tuesday... The shooter fled the scene and has not been located as of 7 p.m. local time, according to police.
Tukwila police said they have reason to believe the victim and suspect were acquainted, but the motive for the shooting remains unknown...." Source: www.wbal.com
"A former United States Postal Service supervisor from Compton has admitted to being a serial mail thief...Joivian Tjuana Hayes, 36, of Compton, pleaded guilty Friday to one count ..." Source: www.latimes.com
"... Michael Murray, 37, of Lynn will be sentenced in February. ...A former clerk for the United States Postal Service in Revere and Melrose admitted on Monday to stealing hundreds of pieces of mail in 2023, authorities announced.
Michael Murray, 37, of Lynn pleaded guilty to one count of theft of mail matter by an employee and one count of theft of government money in federal court, according to the office of U.S. Attorney Leah Foley. He was previously indicted by a grand jury last year. " Source: www.boston.com
"... information released by the DOJ, 47-year-old Gabriel Ekram Pagabe Ali sexually assaulted the victim while on duty as a Postmaster at the U.S. Post Office in Teaneck, New Jersey. ... The indictment states that Ali deprived the victim of her right to bodily integrity when he sexually assaulted the victim and forcibly assaulted the victim while she was engaged in official duties. ..." Source: phl17.com
"... A teenager was charged in connection with the armed robbery of a postal worker, Billerica police announced.
The teenager, 15, of Lowell, was arrested and charged with armed robbery while masked, assault and battery, assault with a dangerous weapon, larceny from a person and use of a firearm in a felony. ..." Source: www.masslive.com
"...The U.S. Postal Inspection Service is currently on the hunt for two suspects involved in an armed robbery of a postal worker in Augusta, Georgia, offering a substantial sum for information leading to their apprehension. This high-profile case has led the agency to announce a reward of up to $150,000 for details that can help bring the perpetrators to justice, as reported by FOX 5 Atlanta. ..." Source: hoodline.com
"...A US Postal Service worker allegedly tossed about 300 mailers in support of New Jersey Republican Rep. Tom Kean, Jr., into a dumpster outside a Pennsylvania supermarket two weeks ago — and the caught-on-camera incident may have cost her the job.
A security company worker watched as the unidentified woman — who was clad in a USPS uniform ..." Source: www.aol.com
"... Debra Watson, of Chicopee, Massachusetts, pleaded guilty before U.S. District Judge Jeffrey A. Meyer in New Haven to obstruction of mails, according to federal authorities. ..." Source: www.courant.com
"... A U.S. Mail contract postal worker is accused of throwing 1,000 pieces of mail — including at least one mail-in ballot and 400 political mailings — into the woods Tuesday in Orange County instead of delivering the items just before the Nov. 5 election, according to a new federal criminal complaint.
Ottis Nicole McCoy Jr. tossed the mail into a neighborhood cul-de-sac in Alafaya Woods, authorities said in the criminal complaint filed Friday in the U.S. District Court’s Orlando division. ..." Source: floridapolitics.com
"... BRAZOS COUNTY, Texas (KBTX) - Officers with the College Station Police Department (CSPD) arrested two people Tuesday when authorities said stolen bank cards and hundreds of pieces of mail were found on the suspects.
After responding to a call about a suspicious car from a gas station employee, CSPD arrived to the Chevron on FM 158 to find Tarah Hill, 33, of Bryan and Cody Polanco, 24, of Katy asleep inside.
During a search of the vehicle officers reported finding hundreds of pieces of mail not belonging to neither Hill nor Polanco, 19 bank cards, marijuana and controlled substances, and more than $12,600 in cash.
After being arrested Hill admitted the couple stole mail for the last two years, by manufacturing their own keys and breaking into mailboxes. ..." Source: www.kbtx.com
"...Postal Service employee who had been delivering mail at his San Francisco home, unloading an “entire magazine” at him, according to federal prosecutors. More than a year later, on July 18, a judge sentenced 38-year-old Vo Nguyen to 11 years in prison over the shooting, the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Northern District of California announced July 19.
Read more at: https://www.sacbee.com/news/california/article290296824.html#storylink=cpy ..." Source: www.sacbee.com
"... sent a check to her credit card company, a birthday card to a friend, and an anniversary card with a check in it to her daughter and son-in-law.
None of them arrived at their intended destination, and now Fogles suspects her mail may have been stolen by the Moline postal worker who was recently charged after Davenport Police searched his home and found 487 greeting cards in his home that did not belong to him.
Justin Michael Brown, 42, who worked as a supervisor of customer service at the Moline Post Office is currently charged..." Source: qctimes.com
"...Derrell Allen Matthews, 27, was sentenced to 63 months in prison after he pleaded guilty in February to conspiracy, paying a bribe to a public official, possession of U.S. Postal Service keys, stolen or reproduced, bank fraud and possession of stolen mail.
U.S. District Court Judge Anna Manasco, who sentenced Matthews, also sentenced two other defendants involved in the scheme, including 30-year-old Keaundria Janae Gresham, of Pleasant Grove, and 34-year-old Steven Cornelius Hudson, of Bessemer. ..." Source: www.wbrc.com
"... U.S. Postal Inspectors and the Birmingham Police Department responded to investigate the incident.
According to officials, a suspect fired several shots in the direction of a USPS letter carrier. At least one of those shots hit the windshield of the vehicle, but the postal worker was not injured. The carrier was taken to an area hospital to make sure they weren’t hit by glass fragments.
"...The suspect was identified as Ruben Baca Lopez, according to the U.S. Postal Inspection Service.
Lopez is accused of targeting mail carriers on two separate occasions ...Lopez is described as a Hispanic man standing 5 feet 7 inches tall and weighing 170 pounds. He has black hair and brown eyes. " Source: ktla.com
"An 18-year-old Fort Worth man pleaded guilty to stealing a U.S. Postal Service “arrow key” from a letter carrier, federal prosecutors said.
Willis Bender... Bender admitted he received and concealed a stolen “arrow key” — a master key used by the USPS to collect mail deposited in collection boxes, according to plea papers. ..." Source: www.aol.com
"... Baraka Janvier, 18, of Lowell, is slated to be arraigned Wednesday in Nashua Court on a charge of robbery after a USPS postal carrier was brazenly held up at gunpoint on Blacksmith Way in Nashua around 2:30 p.m. on Tuesday, according to the Nashua Police Department. ..." Source: www.boston25news.com
"... United States Postal Service (USPS), face charges of destruction or delay of mail, a serious offense carrying a maximum penalty of five years in federal prison.
Duckworth, 43, from Jacksonville, stands accused of embezzling items from the mail, including a retail store gift card and a bracelet, on March 1, 2023. As a U.S. Postal Service employee, Duckworth faces a maximum penalty of five years in federal prison if convicted.
Meanwhile, Engler, 26, from St. Augustine, and Haywood, Sr., 46, from Jacksonville, both face charges of destruction or delay of mail during their employment as Rural Carrier Assistants with USPS. The indictments allege that ..." Source: www.actionnewsjax.com
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