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The California Department of Fish and Wildlife and the Postal Service are investigating whether a Sacramento County mail carrier bludgeoned a wild turkey to death with a pole — and whether his actions were justified. According to KCRA, turkeys freely roam the Northern California neighborhood and typically “mind their own business” — but lately, they’ve been particularly aggressive toward delivery drivers, and their behavior has residents divided. “I love the turkeys,” neighborhood resident Debbie Eastman told the outlet. “They’re just a little friendly part of the neighborhood.” However, other residents say that they’re terrorizing the community. “They are pests and...

NEWARK, N.J. (NewsNation Now) — A U.S. Postal Service mail carrier in New Jersey has been charged by federal authorities for allegedly throwing away bundles of mail, including 99 general election ballots that were supposed to be delivered to West Orange residents, according to the U.S. Attorney’s office. Nicholas Beauchene, 26, of Kearny, New Jersey, was charged with one count of delay, secretion or detention of mail and one count of obstruction of mail. “Approximately 1,875 pieces of mail – including 627 pieces of first-class, 873 pieces of standard class, two pieces of certified mail, 99 general election ballots destined...

  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 unpaid or underpaid bulk mail shipments, causing more than $11.7 million in total losses to his employer.          Juan Enrique Caudillo, 60, of Lakewood, was sentenced by United States District Judge R. Gary Klausner. Judge Klausner also ordered Caudillo, who has been in federal custody since December 2018, to pay $11,745,608 in restitution to the U.S. Postal Service. Caudillo pleaded guilty in March 2019 to one count...

MADISON, Wis. — The postal carrier who investigators say dumped hundreds of GOP political mailers in a Neenah apartment complex recycling bin days before the general election could face criminal charges, a federal agent tells Wisconsin Reporter. “What we have found is that the carrier’s actions, in our opinion at least, has merited some sort of (charging) decision on the part of” prosecutors, said Scott Pierce, spokesman for the Great Lakes Field Office of the Office of Inspector General for the U.S. Postal Service. “We feel like there is enough information here at least to present the case for prosecution.”...

BELLEVUE, Wash. -- A postal service worker has been arrested for trying to run over someone who was documenting the worker's offensive behavior toward another person, Bellevue police said. It all began just after 11 a.m. out front of Phantom Lake Elementary School. The victim was waiting in his car to pick up his child when he overheard a loud argument on the street between a postal worker and another driver over a parking issue, said Seth Tyler with Bellevue Police. "The victim overheard the postal worker allegedly yelling obscenities very loudly at the citizen and thought that was...

A Catonsville letter carrier who worked for the postal service for more than two decades stole more than 20,000 pieces of mail, according to federal authorities. Jeffrey L. Shipley is accused of pilfering checks and money orders. He is accused of filching passports and prescription medication. He is accused of pilfering credit cards and Mother's Day cards. He is even accused of stealing furniture from the United States Postal Service. Shipley was charged in federal court last week with one count each of mail theft and delaying the mail. Neither Shipley nor his attorney could immediately be reached for comment...

Lazy postal worker burns, buries undelivered mail BELFAIR, WA (KOMO/CNN) - A disgraced mailman is in trouble again after admitting to burying thousands of pieces of mail in his backyard. Postal investigators state mailman Richard Farrell is accused of using a backhoe and burying the undelivered mail in a deep trench. "Just because I was lazy, and I became a not very good employee," said Farrell. "I just wanted to get out of their as soon as possible." According to court documents, in 2010, fellow coworkers discovered Farrell dumping mail in a recycling bin. Those actions prompted investigators to follow...

ORLANDO, Fla. — A postal worker says a mysterious leaking package from Yemen has left him seriously ill, but the U.S. Postal Service denies the package ever existed. The Florida Center for Investigative Reporting, in a story printed in Sunday's Miami Herald and The Ledger of Lakeland, reported that Jeffrey A. Lill suffers from extreme fatigue, tremors, and liver and neurological problems. The symptoms are consistent with toxic exposure, problems that he said began after he handled the leaking package on Feb. 4, 2011. The center tracked down co-workers who said that they saw and smelled the package and that...

JEANNETTE, Pa. -- Jeannette police say a postal worker lied when he said he was mugged outside a post office all because he wanted a break from life. Jeff Gogets, 50, had facial bruising when a fellow employee found him unconscious at the side entrance to the Jeannette post office in April. Gogets said he'd been attacked from behind and his son, Nick Gogets, told Channel 4 Action News that $150 was missing from his father's wallet. At the time Gogets told police that he didn't remember anything because it happened so fast. However, Channel 4 Action News' Ashlie Hardway...

, bills and even a college acceptance letter from 2007 were among 20,000 letters found inside the garage of a Philadelphia postal carrier. When the mailman missed several days of work in April, postal officials went to his Port Richmond home and found tubs and tubs of undelivered and unopened mail. The postal worker, who has yet to be identified, worked out of the Bustleton station in Northeast Philadelphia. The neighborhood most impacted is located near Castor Avenue and Benton Street. One of those affected was desperate to receive a $900 check in December 2007. The letter just arrived on...

A postal worker was in critical but stable condition today after being stabbed while delivering mail in Rockville, police said. Investigators do not have a motive for the attack. Officers responding to a reported assault at Halpine Road and Alsace Lane shortly before 3 p.m. found the female letter carrier unconscious with serious stab wounds to the torso, Rockville Police Chief Terrance Treschuk said. The 31-year-old woman was taken to Suburban Hospital. Treschuk said he did not know the victim's identity. Her wallet was not taken, police said, and U.S. Postal Service inspectors were trying to determine whether mail was...

Check out the link. Apparently, a USP worker showed up in the ER with chemical burns of unknown origin. ER is currently locked down.

CAMDEN, N.J. (AP) - A postal worker was sentenced Wednesday to a year of probation for causing the deaths of his two young sons by leaving them in the back of his sport-utility vehicle in midday heat. Derrick Strothers, 39, could have received up to six years in prison on each of two charges of involuntary manslaughter. Federal prosecutors had sought five years of probation. Authorities said Strothers dropped off his wife at her job on Aug. 15, 2003, then headed to the East Orange post office where he worked. His sons - Derrick Jr., 2, and Dylan, 1 -...

A CNN story on 12/08/04 noted a Postal worker (a former one,let's hope)is now on trial - along with "militant" attorney Lynne Stewart, and Arabic language translator Mohammed Yousry - on charges of providing material support to a terrorist organization.Ahmed Abdel Sattar , who goes by the "organizational nickname" of Abu Omar (or Abu Omar al-Masri) is a 45 year old Egyptian-born veteran of the Egyptian Army (1979-1981),who emigrated to the US in 1982-a jump or two ahead of Egyptian authorities,who sought him in connection to Muslim Brotherhood-linked activities. Sattar married a Chicago woman (her citizenship status,etc. were not shown)...

Cheerleaders for TerrorismBy Erick StakelbeckFrontPageMagazine.com | June 17, 2003 Two groups whom Islamic terrorists can count on for sympathy and support are radical lawyers and their counterparts in American law schools. Lynne Stewart is a hero of the National Lawyers Guild and a sought-after campus lecturer. While out on bail under indictment for colluding with a terrorist leader, she has been a sought-after speaker for law school audiences who relish her attacks on Attorney General John Ashcroft as a modern-day fascist and on her country for its imperialist and racist policies. Stewart made national headlines in April 2002 when she...

NEW YORK - A Korean-American postal worker admitted in court Thursday that he fired a pistol seven times outside the United Nations last fall, saying he was protesting the plight of North Koreans. Steve Kim, 57, pleaded guilty to a single charge of making a violent attack on foreign officials. He said he did not intend to hurt anyone when he opened fire with a .357 revolver Oct. 3. Two bullets struck the U.N. building but no one was injured. According to the terms of a plea agreement, Kim will face up to three years in prison when he is...

<p>A Reno postal worker is accused of being part of a ring that stole more than 100 firearms that were shipped to dealers, Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms agents said Tuesday. William A. Patin, 61, was arrested Friday night outside of the Post Office on Vassar Street and charged with possession of a stolen firearm and mail theft in what agents said was a 14-month gun trafficking operation. He was released Monday and is scheduled to appear in federal court June 14.</p>

NEW YORK -- Authorities believe a U.S. postal employee in custody here helped draft a letter of introduction that may have been used by two men who posed as journalists to assassinate a leading opposition figure in Afghanistan last fall, according to a U.S. official familiar with the case.Click here for full Washington Post article