"...body was found Saturday in a mail-handling machine at a Postal Service facility in Allen Park.
Democratic U.S. Reps. Debbie Dingell of Ann Arbor and Rashida Tlaib of Detroit wrote to Postmaster General David Steiner on Thursday with questions about why it took employees six to eight hours to discover the 36-year-old's body, when management first realized he was missing and what was done to locate him. ..."
"...The physical damage is small in comparison to the immense heartbreak felt by neighbors as they mourn the loss of someone they considered a friend.
“I called him and I sent him a text message and I said, ‘Hey, man. Are you OK?’ And I didn’t get no response. I tried calling him. No answer,” one neighborhood resident said. ...fleeing the scene of a separate minor crash up the road.
“As he was fleeing, he was going at a high rate of speed, lost control and he struck the rear of the postal truck that was delivering mail at the residences here on the southbound side of Antoine Drive,” the sergeant said.
The sheriff’s office says the driver of the postal vehicle, Steven Marks"
"...as she was heading back to the mail truck, two dogs came upon her, and one of them attacked her," Newberry County Sheriff Lee Foster said.
According to Foster, she tried to get back into her delivery truck but the dog kept attacking her. She eventually got back into her truck, locked the door, and called 9-1-1.
When deputies got to the scene, two dogs, a Pitbull and a Labrador-mix, had to be moved before starting first aid. ..."
"...ROCHESTER, N.Y. (WROC) — An employee working at the USPS office in Henrietta was shot overnight. ..."
"...MONTGOMERY, Ala. (WSFA) - Sixteen years have passed since a central Alabama postal worker was shot to death. His killer remains unknown to this day. Postal highway contract driver Tony W. Harrelson was killed at the Camp Hill Post Office on Oct 2, 2009. The Dadeville man’s body was discovered around 6:15 p.m. that evening after an apparent robbery. ...A possible clue to the investigation involves other post office branches. Since the beginning of the investigation, the U.S. Postal Service has believed a robbery prior to Harrelson’s murder at the Troy Post Office, as well as a robbery at the Hope Hull Post Office shortly after his death, could be related. ..."
"ROCHESTER, N.Y. (WROC) — While the job of a postal worker may seem peaceful to the average resident, it’s actually had the opposite effect recently, with a string of violent attacks on postal workers, leaving some employees scared to return to work. ...On Thursday, one USPS employee was randomly attacked by a woman he did not know, according to Rochester Police. The assailant claimed she needed to give him mail, then quickly became aggravated, demanding he return the mail to her.
She continued to follow and shout at him until she attempted to attack him with a glass bottle, and then a kitchen knife. ..."
"...The daily route for America’s letter carriers has become increasingly dangerous as armed robberies targeting postal workers continue to plague the federal workforce, and their union is pushing for more protections.
“We’ve had several beat up badly,” said Al Friedman, president of the Florida Letter Carriers Association.
He also pointed out that some of these attacks are part of an organized crime ring"
"...A maniac allegedly pistol-whipped a female postal worker in an attempted robbery of a post office in East Harlem, the NYPD said Friday night.
Cops were called to the Hellgate Station post office..."
"...A maniac allegedly pistol-whipped a female postal worker in an attempted robbery of a post office in East Harlem, the NYPD said Friday night. ... he struck a 51-year-old female in the head with the weapon and demanded money."
"was arrested at least five times before she allegedly carried out the ruthless killing Thursday, law enforcement sources told The Post. ...Postal worker Ray Hodges was fatally stabbed...The repeat offender — who has been described by cops as a transgendered woman — now faces murder charges for the brutal knifing of Ray Hodges, an on-duty USPS letter carrier who was grabbing lunch at the deli at 168 Lenox Ave."
"...A death penalty specification was one of the topics discussed with U.S. District Court Judge Donald Nugent during a telephone conference Monday in the case of Kaprise Sledge, who along with Thomas Sledge, is charged with the murder of U.S. Postal Service carrier Jonte Davis. ..."
"...MEMPHIS, Tenn. — A postal carrier was robbed at a southeast Memphis apartment complex, and the Postal Inspection Service is offering $150,000 for information leading to an arrest.
The robberty happened around 10:30 a.m. Friday at The Park at New Castle Apartments..."
"...Police responded Sept. 21 to a battery call and found that the carrier had facial injuries, police spokesperson Juan Rebolledo said. The worker was chased by two dogs while delivering mail. After using pepper spray, he rushed back to his vehicle but then was followed for blocks by two men who assaulted him, Shade said. ..."
"... The threatening envelopes arrived as election officials across the country prepare for Saturday’s deadline to send the first ballots to overseas and military voters and as states are weeks away from the widespread start of in-person early voting and mail-in balloting.
According to CNN and AP reporting, suspicious envelopes were received by election officials, or intercepted on the way to officials in Alaska, Arizona, California, Colorado, Connecticut, Georgia, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Kentucky, Massachusetts, Mississippi, Missouri, Nebraska, New York, North Carolina, Ohio, Oklahoma, Rhode Island, Tennessee and Wyoming.
Georgia Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger said Thursday that his office has been notified by the US Postal Service that a suspicious package was “headed our way...
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