Mail found scattered along Missouri highway
Authorities say mail was found scattered along about 65 miles of area interstates this morning, from Interstate 270 in Maryland Heights to a part of Interstate 55 in Ste. Genevieve County.
The mail and boxes were found scattered along the southbound lanes of Interstates 270 and 55. The path appeared to start at I-270 and St. Charles Rock Road.
The Missouri Highway Patrol and U.S. Postal Inspection Service are investigating and retracing the route where mail has been found.
They think a truck dropped the mail early this morning but they don’t yet know whether it was a U.S. Postal Service truck or a commercial carrier.
APWU Ballots Lost In the Mail
The union that represents some postal workers had to extend elections and offer replacement ballots after the originals were apparently lost in the mail.
The American Postal Workers Union of the AFL-CIO gave a Thursday deadline for union members to request replacement ballots for the election of union officers.
Former New York Postal Employee Is Sentenced For Delay Or Destruction of the Mail
The office U.S. Attorney for the Western District of New York issued the following press release:
Feb. 17, 2010
ROCHESTER, N.Y. — Glen J. Helmer, 40, of Waterloo, New York, who, in November 2009, pleaded guilty to a felony charge of delay or destruction of mail by a United States Postal Service employee, was sentenced yesterday to 3 years probation and $5,000 restitution by United States District Judge David. G. Larimer, U.S. Attorney Kathleen M. Mehltretter of the Western District of New York announced.
Assistant U.S. Attorney Marisa J. Miller, who handled the case, stated that in August 2008, agents from the United States Postal Service Office of Inspector General received information that the defendant, a rural route carrier for the United States Postal Service, failed to deliver business and political mailings to the residences on his route. The defendant will be required to pay restitution to the entities and individuals who paid for the business and political mailings.
The sentence was the culmination of an investigation on the part of Special Agents of the United States Postal Service Office of Inspector General under the direction of Northeast Area Special Agent in Charge Jane Hughes and Northeast Area Deputy Special Agent in Charge Mark Niro .