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Fort Yates woman pleads guilty to setting fire to Selfridge post office
AFort Yates woman charged after a September fire destroyed the 105-year-old U.S. Postal Service building in Selfridge pleaded guilty on Tuesday under an agreement with federal prosecutors.

Police: Postal worker assaulted after employment status was questioned
A postal worker was assaulted on Wednesday after his employment status was questioned, police told 11 News.

Six Defendants Charged In Multimillion-Dollar Check Theft And Bank Fraud Ring
The United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, Jay Clayton, and the Acting Inspector in Charge of the New York Division of the United States Postal Inspection Service, Edward Gallashaw, announced today the unsealing of a Superseding Indictment charging six defendants – MICHAEL EDWARDS, a/k/a “Only1Giela”; SHAKEEMO HILL, a/k/a “Keemo,” a/k/a “LBA Menace,”

Four Defendants, Including Two Former U.S. Postal Service Employees, Charged in Connection with Scheme to Steal $80 Million in U.S. Treasury Checks
United States Attorney David Metcalf announced that Tauheed Tucker, 23, of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, Cory Scott, 25, of Ardmore, Pa., and Alexander Telewoda, 25, of Clifton Heights, Pa., were arrested and charged by superseding indictment with conspiracy to steal government funds, theft of government funds, and mail theft, arising from a multimillion-dollar scheme to steal U.S. Treasury checks from a local U.S. Postal Service (“USPS”) facility and then resell those checks to purchasers around the country. A fourth defendant, Saahir Irby, 27, of Philadelphia, was also charged with these offenses, in addition to a previously charged count of mail theft.

Persistent mail theft in Baltimore area leads to federal investigation request
Maryland Congressman Kweisi Mfume is calling for an investigation into the U.S. Postal Service’s progress in implementing Project Safe Delivery after continu…

Vt. woman stole countless pieces of mail, investigators say
A Vermont woman faces charges for allegedly stealing countless pieces of mail, including thousands of dollars in checks.
Former Kentucky mail carrier charged in alleged $340,000 workers’ comp fraud
The carrier allegedly claimed she had done no work while getting comp payments but helped operate a rental business.

New plea hearing set in case against postal carrier charged with felonies relating to pornographic work involving minors
The case against a former postal worker charged with 27 felony charges relating to the possession and dissemination of pornographic work involving minors under the age of 14 has taken

Pittsburgh police say man attacked mail carrier, sparking SWAT response
Pittsburgh police arrested a man who they say attacked a mail carrier Wednesday and then barricaded himself in a home, sparking a SWAT response. According to a criminal complaint, a mail carrier was parked at the intersection of Tarragonna and Alice streets in the city’s Bon Air neighborhood around 2:30