Tag: USPS
Josman Romero-Delgado, Bank Fraud and Mail Theft, Massachusetts 2023
⏱ 2 min read Josman Romero-Delgado, a 24-year-old Chelsea man, pleaded guilty to conspiring to commit bank fraud, bank fraud, and conspiring to steal and possess stolen mail in Boston, Massachusetts. From June 2023 to February 2024, Romero-Delgado and his co-conspirators stole mail from USPS collection boxes, targeting checks to deposit into their own accounts.…
Kuron Evans, Narcotics Conspiracy, Ohio 2024
⏱ 2 min read Kuron Evans, a 47-year-old from Dayton, Ohio, has been sentenced to 130 months in prison for his role in a narcotics conspiracy involving over 2 kilograms of methamphetamine and cocaine. In January 2024, Evans mailed a package from a post office in Las Vegas to his nephew in Trotwood, Ohio, using…
Michael Murray, Mail Theft, Massachusetts 2022
⏱ 3 min read A Boston federal court just wrapped up the case of Michael Murray, a 38-year-old former USPS postal clerk who made off with $8,553 in mail and government funds. Murray worked at the Beach Street Post Office in Revere and the Melrose Post Office. Between September 2022 and July 2023, Murray used…
Christopher Juan Sheard, Armed Robbery, Arkansas 2024
⏱ 3 min read A 23-year-old Little Rock man is headed behind bars for a brazen armed robbery of a postal employee. Christopher Juan Sheard, armed with a loaded Glock 20, held up the mail carrier on February 26, 2024, at an apartment complex. Sheard, who had a hand on his pistol tucked into his…
Zechariah Yi, Tai Ryoung Rho, Bribery and Wire Fraud, Texas 2023
⏱ 2 min read Four scammers who bribed their way to $15 million in US Postal Service contracts have been sentenced to 99 months in prison in Texas. Zechariah Yi, a former USPS analyst, and Tai Ryoung Rho, another USPS employee, solicited $1.5 million in kickbacks from trucking company owners in exchange for sweet deals.…
Jody Harris, Assault of a Postal Employee, Louisiana 2026
⏱ 2 min read A brazen daytime robbery shook a New Orleans neighborhood on December 16, 2024, when 33-year-old Jody Harris attacked a United States Postal Service employee on Forshey Street. Harris, armed with a Beretta handgun, threatened the mail carrier, demanding he hand over his keys, mail scanner, and satchel full of mail. Fearing…
Robert Cordova, Mail Truck Robbery, California 2024
⏱ 2 min read A 49-year-old San Jose man, Robert Cordova, pleaded guilty to robbing and assaulting a US postal worker in San Jose. The incident occurred when Cordova entered a USPS mail truck with the intent to steal mail. When a USPS letter carrier approached him, Cordova punched the carrier in the face, knocking…
Tavoy Farquharson, Lottery Fraud Scheme, Maryland 2020
⏱ 2 min read A Jamaican national, Tavoy Farquharson, 34, has been sentenced to 40 months in federal prison for his role in a lottery fraud scheme that stole over $3.5 million from elderly victims across the United States, including many in Maryland. The scheme, which began in October 2020 and continued until at least…
Jacob Ortiz, Postal Worker Assault, New York 2025
⏱ 3 min read A brutal attack on a US Postal Service letter carrier shook a South Buffalo neighborhood last September. On the evening of September 9, 2025, Jacob D. Ortiz, 34, of Buffalo, NY, allegedly lunged at the USPS worker, tackling them to the ground and pummeling their face and head with his fists.…
Terrence Thompson, Mail Theft, Louisiana 2021
⏱ 2 min read Terrence Thompson Jr., a 24-year-old New Orleans man, was sentenced for stealing mail from the Gretna Post Office in Louisiana. On September 12 and 20, 2021, Thompson stole approximately 232 pieces of mail, and was later found with a United States Postal Service ‘arrow’ key on October 5, 2021. The key…
