Tag: USPS
Alexander Telewoda, Mail Theft, Pennsylvania 2023
⏱ 3 min read Alexander Telewoda, 26, of Clifton Heights, Pennsylvania, was part of a conspiracy that stole thousands of US Treasury checks worth over $84 million from the USPS Philadelphia Processing and Distribution Center between June 2023 and September 2024. Telewoda and his co-conspirators, including Saahir Irby and Tauheed Tucker, who worked as USPS…
Tamyra Travis, Mail Theft, Louisiana 2026
⏱ 2 min read A 27-year-old mail handler, Tamyra Travis, has pleaded guilty to stealing cell phones from the mail in New Orleans. Travis, who worked for the United States Postal Service (USPS), was accused of swiping phones that had been sent through the mail. The crime occurred while Travis was working as a mail…
Samad Hamid Castro, Oxycodone Distribution, New Jersey 2026
⏱ 2 min read Samad Hamid Castro, a 41-year-old New Jersey man, has been sentenced to 13 years in federal prison for flooding North Texas neighborhoods with Oxycodone pills. From October 2023 to August 2025, Castro used the dark web to distribute the illicit pills to customers in Fort Worth, Keller, Euless, and other areas.…
DeAngelo Lewis, Armed Robbery of Postal Carriers, Maryland 2022
⏱ 2 min read DeAngelo Lewis, a 30-year-old Washington DC man, orchestrated a string of brazen armed robberies targeting United States Postal Service (USPS) mail carriers in Maryland, Virginia, and Washington DC between January and October 2022. Lewis and his co-conspirators used firearms to intimidate and rob seven mail carriers, making off with USPS property…
Yongbo Li, Mail Fraud, Florida 2026
⏱ 2 min read Three individuals, Yongbo Li, 36, Huashan Lu, 62, and Yuxiang Zhao, 60, were arrested in Orlando, Florida, for their alleged involvement in a mail fraud scheme that targeted 28 elderly victims. The scheme, which began with telephone calls, emails, and internet pop-up messages, falsely claimed that the victims’ personal information and…
Stacy Michelle Braxton, Mail Destruction, Florida 2026
⏱ 2 min read A 39-year-old mail carrier, Stacy Michelle Braxton, has pleaded guilty to destroying hundreds of pieces of mail in Jackson County, Florida. In February 2026, law enforcement discovered 498 pieces of mail from Braxton’s route discarded in a burn barrel in Marianna, Florida. Braxton admitted to attempting to burn the mail instead…
Matthew Kawa, Unapproved Drugs, Illinois 2026
⏱ 2 min read Matthew Kawa, 48, of Grant Park, Illinois, and his sister Jennifer Stechkober, 32, of Michigan City, Indiana, were sentenced to prison for selling unapproved drugs in interstate commerce. The siblings pleaded guilty to introducing unapproved new drugs into interstate commerce with the intent to defraud and mislead. Kawa also pleaded guilty…
Jean Carlos Martinez, Attempted Possession with Intent to Distribute Cocaine, Ohio 2025
⏱ 2 min read A 42-year-old Youngstown man, Jean Carlos Martinez, was caught in a cocaine distribution scheme after a parcel containing nearly four and a half pounds of cocaine was mailed from Puerto Rico to Campbell, Ohio, on January 23, 2025. Martinez had planned to collect the package and distribute its contents. The parcel…
Zyeama Johnson, Burglary, New Jersey 2023
⏱ 2 min read Zyeama Johnson, a 31-year-old former postal worker from Jersey City, New Jersey, has admitted to repeatedly burglarizing post offices in January and February 2023 to steal mail. Johnson, who previously worked for the United States Postal Service (USPS), broke into post offices six times, entering after business hours with the intent…
Jonathan Lloyd Erwin, Attempted Possession with Intent to Distribute Methamphetamine, Montana 2026
⏱ 2 min read Jonathan Lloyd Erwin, a 38-year-old Billings man, was sentenced to three years in prison for attempting to traffic methamphetamine in Montana. Erwin’s wife tipped off the US Postal Service in February 2025, sparking an investigation that led to his downfall. On March 11, 2025, USPS officials intercepted a package containing 7.5…
