Investigative News Releases

Working with our Law Enforcement Partners

Our special agents investigate nationwide internal crimes and fraud committed by postal employees and contractors as well as postal employee misconduct. We work with U.S. Attorneys’ Offices and local prosecutors across the country to prosecute these crimes.

In some instances, we uncover much larger criminal activity being carried out by multiple individuals and organizations. In many of these cases, we partner with other federal and local law enforcement agencies to identify and hold responsible those who take advantage of the public’s trust in our postal system.

Below are links to the most recent news releases about our work.

Meriden Man Indicted for Trafficking Fentanyl

Date Released: 06/14/2022

Vanessa Roberts Avery, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, and Brian D. Boyle, Special Agent in Charge of the Drug Enforcement Administration for New England, announced that a federal grand jury in New Haven returned an indictment today charging Gerardo Nunez-Irizarry, also known as “Indio,” 43, of Meriden, with possession with intent to distribute 40 grams or more of fentanyl. If convicted of the charge, Nunez-Irizarry faces a mandatory minimum term of imprisonment of five...

Mexican Citizen Pleads Guilty to Being Part of Cross Country Cocaine Trafficking Ring

Date Released: 06/09/2022

PITTSBURGH, PA – A Mexican citizen living in Tucson, AZ, pleaded guilty in federal court to a violation of the federal narcotics laws, United States Attorney Cindy K. Chung announced today. Ramon S. Araiza-Vega, 29, formerly of Tucson, AZ, pleaded guilty to an Indictment charging him, and 26 other codefendants, with conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute and to distribute five kilograms or more of cocaine before United States District Judge W. Scott Hardy. In connection with the guilty...

Over One Kilo Of Heroin Seized In Narcotics Investigation

Date Released: 06/08/2022

On Tuesday, June 7, 2022, following a more than four-month long investigation by the Hudson County Prosecutor’s Office Narcotics Task Force, United States Department of Homeland Security Investigations, the Jersey City Police Department, the United States Postal Inspection Service, and the United States Postal Service Office of the Inspector General, multiple court-ordered search warrants were executed relating to a narcotics investigation. The investigation led to the seizure of over one kilo...

Meriden Man Charged with Trafficking Cocaine

Date Released: 06/02/2022

Vanessa Roberts Avery, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, and Ketty Larco-Ward, Inspector in Charge of the U.S. Postal Inspection Service, Boston Division, today announced that a federal grand jury in New Haven returned an indictment yesterday charging Bimael Acevedo-Roman, 28, of Meriden, with one count of conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute five kilograms or more of cocaine. As alleged in court documents and statements made in court, in October 2020, the U.S...

Postal Employee Pleads Guilty To Possessing Stolen Mail

Date Released: 06/01/2022

Ocala, Florida – United States Attorney Roger B. Handberg announces that Aleia Deborah Green (20, Brooksville) today pleaded guilty to possession of stolen mail. Green faces a maximum penalty of five years in federal prison. A sentencing date has not yet been set. Green had been indicted on February 15, 2022. According to court records, Green worked as a contract mail carrier for the United States Postal Service (USPS) delivering mail for the Crystal River Post Office. On October 13, 2021, the...