Tag: US Postal Inspection Service
Cocaine Pipeline Shut Down: Last Dealer Sentenced
⏱ 3 min read Five members of a cross-state cocaine ring are headed to federal prison after a three-year investigation culminated in final sentencing this week. The operation, a joint effort by multiple agencies, targeted a network funneling coke between Teton County, Wyoming, and Teton County, Idaho. U.S. Attorney Darin Smith will lay out the…
WI Woman Gets 18 Months in Fentanyl Ring
⏱ 3 min read Chrystal Mueller, 41, of Reedsburg, Wisconsin, is starting an 18-month federal sentence after admitting she helped pump fentanyl into the state. From January to April 2022, Mueller was a key link in a trafficking ring that shipped the deadly opioid from California, distributing it locally for a cut. Federal prosecutors say…
Mail Carrier Gets 15 Months in Check Scam
⏱ 2 min read Andre Whitehurst, 34, a Charlotte-area mail carrier, will spend the next 15 months in federal prison after admitting to a brazen scheme to steal checks while on the job. Between April 2022 and September 2024, Whitehurst pilfered mail, passing the stolen checks to Rashad Lowery and Aaron Grice, who then cashed…
Hamburg Mail Grab: $370K Stolen
⏱ 3 min read Alexandria Duncan, 23, of Buffalo, and her partner drained over $369,000 from Hamburg, New York residents and businesses last October. The pair systematically looted mailboxes using a stolen postal service arrow key between October 9th and 14th, cashing checks from the stolen haul. It wasn’t random; it was a deliberate scheme…
Mail Bandit Back Behind Bars: Repeat Offender Defies Parole
Colchester resident Marquis Williams, 49, is trading his halfway house for a federal cell after a brazen return to the mail theft racket landed him a 27-month sentence. The feds hit Williams with the penalty in Hartford yesterday, barely a month after he was released on five years’ supervised release for a nearly identical scheme.…
