By Rachel Weiner – August 18, 2016 The acting manager of two D.C. post offices and two of his employees took bribes in exchange for illegally delivering packages of marijuana, according to an indictment filed Thursday in D.C. federal court. Deenvaughn Rowe is charged, along with letter carriers Kendra Brantley and Alicia Norman, with bribery…
By Paula Reed Ward – March 15, 2016 The suspended Pittsburgh postmaster charged with intimidating his employees has asked a judge to throw out the charges against him, claiming that county prosecutors are trying to prove a federal crime. Daniel Davis, 50, of Canonsburg is charged with obstruction, intimidation of witnesses or victims, criminal coercion…
Background A mail cover is an investigative tool used to track criminal activity. During fiscal years (FY) 2010 through 2014, the U. S. Postal Inspection Service approved 118,577 mail covers requested by postal inspectors and 39,966 requested by external law enforcement authorities. Authorized by the chief postal inspector or a designee, a mail cover involves…
By Christine Vendel – August 14, 2015 HARRISBURG- Postal inspectors papered Allison Hill in Harrisburg Friday with posters offering a $50,000 reward in connection with the assault of a mail carrier two weeks ago. The carrier was trying to track down a package that had fallen out of his satchel during his route July 31…
By CONSUMER ALERT – July 13, 2015 Mail usually arrives at your home every day, but taking notice of when it doesn’t arrive, is just as important. Postal Inspectors say they began tracking a criminal duo after investigating complaints from customers who were not receiving their mail. “When we looked at that, those checks going…
The Postal Inspection Service is accepting online applications for Postal Inspector positions from June 22, 12:01 a.m. EDT through June 26, 11:59 p.m. EDT. Visit the Postal Inspection Service site for information on the requirements needed to become a Postal Inspector and to learn how to apply. Source: USPS News Link Story – Wanted: US…
November 7, 2014 – Las Vegas, NV (KTNV) — Neighbors in a valley community are fed up with vandals who broke into their mailboxes. They want to know what it will take to prevent a repeat. From the front, the box on Mission Ridge Drive, near U.S. 95 and Decatur Boulevard, looks perfectly fine. “I…
ALBUQUERQUE (KRQE) — A U.S. Postal Service employee is in custody after bringing a gun to work and firing one shot. It happened early Monday morning on Albuquerque’s main post office property at Broadway and Mountain. No one was hurt in the shooting and it’s unclear what lead up to it, however, one employee who…
