Tag: USPS
Shamarri Tache Brooks, Bank Fraud, Georgia 2026
⏱ 2 min read Shamarri Tache Brooks, a resident of Georgia, has pleaded guilty to federal bank fraud and aggravated identity theft charges in connection with a scheme involving the widespread theft of checks from the mail in Atlanta. Brooks used his music and social media accounts to promote fraud as a lifestyle, recruiting participants…
Nahjel Malik Williams, First-Degree Murder of a Federal Employee and Discharging a Firearm, Georgia 2026
⏱ 2 min read Nahjel Malik Williams, 24, allegedly shot and killed Dequavious Graves, a US Postal Service letter carrier, on February 12, 2026, while Graves was delivering mail on his route in Decatur, Georgia. Williams was wanted for a prior, unrelated murder in Atlanta in August 2024. The motive behind the killing is not…
Amanda Gorham, Wire Fraud, West Virginia 2026
⏱ 2 min read Amanda Gorham, a 34-year-old tax preparer from Harpers Ferry, West Virginia, has been sentenced to 18 months in prison for running a financial fraud scheme in Berkeley County. Gorham, who worked as a tax preparer in Martinsburg and as an insurance agent, used her clients’ identifying information to open insurance policies…
Jessica Alires, Mail Theft, Oregon 2024
⏱ 3 min read A brazen scheme to swipe over $500,000 from the US Postal Service has landed a former employee in the hot seat. Jessica Alires, 46, of Nehalem, Oregon, pleaded guilty to misappropriating postal funds. Between September 2024 and December 2024, Alires, a USPS employee in Wheeler, Oregon, issued money orders to customers,…
Erick Osorio-Rivera, Conspiracy to Receive Firearms, Massachusetts 2024
⏱ 2 min read A husband and wife duo from Massachusetts and their Puerto Rico associate are facing federal charges for smuggling firearms to the island through the US Postal Service. According to a federal indictment, Erick Osorio-Rivera and his wife Bianca Vidal Vázquez-Millán bought guns in Massachusetts and used the Priority Mail service to…
Darius Dudley, Fentanyl and Cocaine Trafficking, Pennsylvania 2025
⏱ 2 min read A massive cocaine and fentanyl trafficking ring operating in Western Pennsylvania has been busted, with four men facing life in prison for their alleged roles. The indictment charges Darius Dudley, 33, of Duquesne; Robert Gonzales, 41, of Jurupa Valley, California; Vince Kelly, 36, of White Oak; and Keontae Spears, 42, of…
James Johnson, Mail Theft, California 2020
⏱ 2 min read A former postal worker in Pensacola, Florida, is accused of stealing mail, a crime that’s left investigators and law enforcement scratching their heads. Evan Aldric Harris, 29, of Evergreen, Alabama, allegedly started pilfering packages and letters from the US Postal Service while on the job. The thefts reportedly occurred between an…
James Johnson, Marijuana Smuggling, Florida 2022
⏱ 2 min read A Pensacola mail handler is staring down the barrel of federal prison time after allegedly using his job to smuggle weed and steal mail. Divincent M. Madison, Jr., 25, was indicted on one count of delay or destruction of U.S. Mail, one count of theft of U.S. Mail by U.S. Postal…
Juan Hernandez, Trafficking Heroin and Cocaine, Connecticut 2023
⏱ 2 min read A Mexican national is facing up to 40 years in prison after pleading guilty to running a massive heroin and cocaine operation in Connecticut, using the US Mail to ship in the goods and arming himself with guns. Carlos Gonzalez Nava, 26, was busted in March after a months-long investigation by…
Edgar Castro Perez, Cocaine Trafficking, Connecticut 2025
⏱ 2 min read A brazen Puerto Rico-based cocaine ring has been dismantled by federal authorities in Connecticut, with five individuals charged for trafficking multiple kilograms of the deadly drug through the U.S. Mail. According to court documents, the cocaine shipments arrived in parcels from post offices in Puerto Rico, with Roselyn Osorio-Soto and Edgardo…
