Investigative News Releases

DETROIT – A Farmington Hills man was convicted by a federal jury yesterday on charges of assaulting a United States Postal Worker, Acting United States Attorney Julie A. Beck announced today. Beck was joined in the announcement by Rodney Hopkins, Inspector in Charge of the U.S Postal Inspection Service's Detroit Division. Russell Valleau, 62, was convicted following a three-day jury trial before United States District Judge Nancy G. Edmunds. The jury also unanimously found that Valleau...

NEWARK, N.J. – U.S. Postal Service postmaster was arrested today on a federal civil rights violation for sexually assaulting a victim while acting under color of law and assaulting the victim, a federal employee, during the course of her official duties, U.S. Attorney Philip R. Sellinger and Assistant Attorney General Kristen Clarke of the Justice Department’s Civil Rights Division announced. Gabriel Ekram Pagabe Ali, 47, is charged by indictment with sexually assaulting the victim, an employee

A two-count indictment was unsealed today charging a U.S. Postal Service Postmaster with a federal civil rights violation for sexually assaulting a victim while acting under color of law and assaulting the victim, a federal employee, during the course of her official duties. According to the indictment, on Nov. 26, 2022, in Teaneck, New Jersey, Gabriel Ekram Pagabe Ali, 47, sexually assaulted the victim, an employee of the U.S. Postal Service while on duty as a Postmaster at the U.S. Post Office

The former postmaster of the Gardiner post office admitted today to allegations that she stole office bank deposits, U.S. Attorney Jesse Laslovich said. The defendant, Tanya Lee Holbrook, 42, of Emigrant, pleaded guilty to misappropriation of postal funds and theft of government property

DuJuan Butler, 33, of Antioch, Tennessee, was charged by a federal grand jury yesterday with unlawfully detaining and delaying the mail, announced United States Attorney Henry C. Leventis for the Middle District of Tennessee.