Investigative News Releases

NEW ORLEANS – U.S. Attorney Duane A. Evans announced today that TIMOTHY MCMILLAN, JR., age 43, of New Orleans, was indicted on November 30, 2023 for Theft of Mail by a Postal Service employee. MCMILLAN stole and removed money from a letter entrusted to him, while performing his assigned duties as an employee of the United States Postal Service. U.S. Attorney Evans praised the work of the United States Postal Inspection Service, Office of the Inspector General in investigating this matter.

CHARLOTTE, N.C. – A U.S. Postal Service employee and two co-conspirators have been arrested on federal charges for a scheme involving stolen checks worth over $24 million. Nakedra Shannon, 29, Donnell Gardner, 27, and Desiray Carter, 24, charged with seven counts of possession of stolen mail matter, and with eight counts of theft of mail by a postal employee. U.S. Attorney King thanked U.S. Postal Service’s Office of the Inspector General.

ST. LOUIS – A former employee of the U.S. Postal Service on Wednesday admitted stealing checks from the mail and depositing them in her own account. Porcia Denise Rhodes, 27, of St. Louis, Missouri, pleaded guilty in U.S. District Court in St. Louis to one count of bank fraud and one count of theft of mail by an employee of the U.S. Postal Service. The case was investigated by the U.S. Postal Service Office of Inspector General.

ROCHESTER, N.Y.-U.S. Attorney Trini E. Ross announced today that Marlene Cruz, 40, of Rochester, NY, was arrested and charged by criminal complaint with delay or destruction of mail and theft of mail matter by officer or employee. The charges carry a maximum penalty of five years in prison and a $250,000 fine. The complaint is the result of an investigation by the U.S. Postal Service Office of Inspector General, under the direction of Matthew Modafferi, Special Agent-in-Charge NE Field Office.

WICHITA, KAN. – A former U.S. Postal Service worker was sentenced to 24 months of probation for criminal conduct related to her employment. On September 21, 2022, Frink, while working at a post office in McDonald, Kansas, opened a sealed greeting card. Frink did not have authority to open the piece of mail. Frink was ordered to serve 60 hours of community service and to pay a total restitution of $1,686. The U.S. Postal Service – Office of the Inspector General investigated the case.