Video: Poor Management Is the Apparent Reason Behind WeHo’s Mailbox Thefts

By Henry (Hank) Scott – August 12, 2015 Excerpt: WEHOville has asked the U.S. Postal Inspector’s Office to explain how these thefts can happen and what the Postal Service intends to do to prevent them in the future. The answer from Stacia Crane of the Postal Inspection Service: “The investigation is progressing, but we can’t…

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Video: Texas man steamed after postal carrier tosses package

CARROLLTON, Texas — Steve Weinstein is asking the United States Postal Service if it’s standard procedure to toss deliveries on doorsteps after an expensive package got unceremoniously dumped on his front porch. Weinstein’s home surveillance camera caught a delivery person tossing a package several feet onto his porch Wednesday. He posted video of the incident…

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Video: Postal Robberies Skyrocketing – increase of more than 300 percent between 2010 and 2013

On the anniversary of the murder of a local postal carrier, the News4 I-Team shows a never before released list of crimes committed against postal employees, including a dramatic increase in robberies. It started out like any other February day for a well-known D.C. postal carrier who delivered the mail on Webster Street in Northeast….

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Local postal worker delivers lobbying message to Washington

Emerson Kretzer delivers mail on most days, south and west of St. Joseph. Last week, he delivered a message in Washington. The message, voiced firsthand to members of the Missouri congressional delegation, had to do with the future of the U.S. Postal Service. “We’re trying to preserve six-day delivery and do something about the pre-funding…

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