United States Postal Inspection Service

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Police seize $1.8M in steroids from Rensselaer home

Two people have been arrested for possessing close to $2 million worth of steroids and other controlled pharmaceuticals, according to police.After a 6 month investigation by the United States Postal Inspection Service, DEA Albany, Homeland Security Investigation’s, ... [Published Troy Record - 57 mins ago]
First reported 2 hours ago - Updated 2 hours ago - 1 reports

Drug raid nets $1.8 million

Two people were arrested in the city of Rensselaer when authorities raided their home on Washington Avenue and found an estimated $1.8 million worth of steroids and other controlled pharmeceuticals, according to the Rensselaer County Sheriff’s Office ... [Published 810WGY - 2 hours ago]
First reported 23 hours ago - Updated 6 hours ago - 1 reports

Man taken into custody in death of postal worker

2:06pmPage 1 of 1Update: Sunday 2 p.m.: Investigators took a person of interest into custody in connection with the postal worker whose body was found this weekend, according to the Montgomery County Police Reporter.James Wayne Ham, 36, was found by Texas ... [Published Houston Chronicle - 23 hours ago]
First reported 12 hours ago - Updated 12 hours ago - 1 reports

Daily Debriefing

Yale University will offer massive open online courses, known as MOOCs, for the first time next January, the Yale Daily News reported Saturday. The university will partner with Coursera, a MOOC platform used by Stanford University, Princeton University ... [Published Dartmouth College The Dartmouth - 12 hours ago]
First reported May 19 2013 - Updated 13 hours ago - 2 reports

Apartment complex searched days after Spokane ricin scare

0 commentsAn apartment complex in Spokane, Wash., was searched Saturday, four days after threatening letters allegedly containing ricin were found at a U.S. Postal Service facility in the city.Spokane police spokesperson Monique Cotton did not specify ... [Published Keene Sentinel - 13 hours ago]
First reported May 18 2013 - Updated May 19 2013 - 3 reports

Texas officials find body of missing postal worker

U.S. postal carrier Marie Youngblood had used her personal vehicle to deliver mail on her rural route. Investigators found her body late in that car late Friday.The San Jacinto Sheriff's Department and other investigating agencies say they are looking ... [Published TwinCities.com - May 18 2013]
First reported May 18 2013 - Updated May 19 2013 - 1 reports

FBI investigates ricin letters in WA

SPOKANE, WA - Authorities in hazardous materials suits are searching an apartment in downtown Spokane, Wash., as they investigate the recent discovery of a pair of letters containing the deadly poison ricin.FBI agents, Spokane police officers and U.S. ... [Published ABC15.com - May 18 2013]
First reported May 18 2013 - Updated May 19 2013 - 4 reports

Ricin letter case: FBI searches apartment in Spokane, Wash.

SPOKANE, Wash. -- Officials in hazardous materials suits are searching an apartment in Spokane, Wash. as they investigate the recent discovery of ricin in a pair of letters.Spokane police officers, FBI agents and U.S. Postal Inspection Service officials ... [Published KFSN Fresno - May 19 2013]
First reported May 18 2013 - Updated May 18 2013 - 1 reports

FIRST ON KHQ: Law Enforcement Serving Warrant In Browne's Addition Related To Ricin-Laced Letters

SPOKANE, Wash. - KHQ has a crew on scene in Browne's Addition where we are told a warrant is being served nearby and it is related to ricin-tainted letters sent earlier this week. They were postmarked May 14th. One was addressed to a Federal judge in ... [Published KHQ Right Now - May 18 2013]
First reported May 18 2013 - Updated May 18 2013 - 1 reports

Mail carrier killed, truck found burned out

HOUSTON Detectives found the body of a missing U.S. postal worker Friday evening, hours after her burned-out vehicle was located in San Jacinto County.Dispatchers received a frantic 911 call around noon, and the womans truck was found on Harrell Road ... [Published KHOU - May 18 2013]
First reported May 17 2013 - Updated May 17 2013 - 1 reports

Rochester Men Indicted In Software Scheme

Rochester, N.Y. ? Two Rochester men were indicted Thursday on three counts of conspiracy to commit mail fraud, and mail fraud.The U.S. Attorney?s Office said Brian Wergin, 31, and Bohdan Luzecky, 45, allegedly placed fraudulent orders of free replacement ... [Published WOKR 13 - May 17 2013]
First reported May 16 2013 - Updated May 16 2013 - 2 reports

2 due for arraignment in Vegas mail theft case

LAS VEGAS (FOX5) -Two men are scheduled to be arraigned in Las Vegas Thursday on charges of possession of counterfeit Postal Service keys and stolen mail.According to the office of U.S. Attorney Daniel G. Bogden, Derrick Hutson, 42, and Marshal Stapleton, ... [Published FOX 5 KVVU-TV - May 16 2013]

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"None of this is a result of some sort of irresistible impulse" the judge said. "This is all controlled."
"The crude form of the ricin suggests that it does not present a health risk to U S Postal Service personnel or to others who may have come in contact with the letter" the agency said in a news release Thursday
Spokane Police said Saturday morning, "The FBI, US Postal Inspection Service and the SPD are executing a search warrant in connection with the threatening letters intercepted Tuesday at a U S Postal Service facility in Spokane."
"The timeshare resale scam is a fraud perpetrated on a lot of elderly people looking to sell and get rid of their timeshares" says U S Postal Inspector Kathryn Scarles

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Man taken into custody in death of postal worker [Published Houston Chronicle - 23 hours ago]
Ricin letter case: FBI searches apartment in Sp... [Published KFSN Fresno - May 19 2013]
Feds swoop in on ‘ricin’ apt. [Published New York Post - May 19 2013]
Scammer: This is not a scam [Published Daily Item - May 19 2013]
FBI investigates ricin letters in WA [Published ABC15.com - May 18 2013]
FBI executes search warrant in ricin letter cas... [Published Tulsa World - May 18 2013]
FBI Executes Search Warrant in Ricin Letter Case [Published ABC News - May 18 2013]
FBI executes search warrant in ricin letter case [Published EveningSun.com - May 18 2013]
Spokane Police execute search warrant in connec... [Published KREM.com - May 18 2013]
Texas officials find body of missing postal worker [Published TwinCities.com - May 18 2013]
Texas officials find body of missing postal worker [Published El Paso Times - May 18 2013]
Texas officials find body of missing postal worker [Published Fort Mills Times - May 18 2013]
FIRST ON KHQ: Law Enforcement Serving Warrant I... [Published KHQ Right Now - May 18 2013]
Owosso man faces mail fraud charges in Alaska [Published The Argus-Press - May 18 2013]
Mail carrier killed, truck found burned out [Published KHOU - May 18 2013]
Yuba City union manager, wife sentenced to pris... [Published Appeal-Democrat.com - May 18 2013]
Consumer Alert: Beware of timeshare sales scams [Published WKYT - May 17 2013]
Springfield Man Wanted for Federal K2 Conspirac... [Published OzarksFirst.com - May 17 2013]
Orange County men sentenced for orchestrating i... [Published U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement - May 17 2013]
Deadly ricin found in two letters sent in Washi... [Published Voice of Russia - May 17 2013]
CNN Washington AM Note [Published CNN Political Ticker - May 17 2013]
Rochester Men Indicted In Software Scheme [Published WOKR 13 - May 17 2013]
Credit card skimming targets valley drivers and... [Published KESQ - May 17 2013]
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CNN Washington AM Note [Published CNN Political Ticker - May 17 2013]
NATIONAL STORIES: CNN: 7 still missing from deadly Texas tornadoes A North Texas community forged ahead in a massive cleanup, and the search for the missing continued Friday from 16 tornadoes that ripped through the area. That search for seven ...
Ricin Suspect Used His Home to Elude Police [Published Cato @ Liberty - May 03 2013]
Tim Lynch An interesting report from the Washington Post : Dutschke went into hiding on Thursday to escape the media attention. The FBI and local law enforcement officials spent five hours hunting for him before his attorney revealed her client’s ...
Postal Inspectors: Con Artist Duped 88-Year Old... [Published The Home Equity Theft Reporter Cases & Articles - May 01 2013]
In St. Louis, Missouri,  WOAI-TV Channel 4  reports:Senior citizens are often prime targets for con artists. In one case,  an 88-year-old woman is on the verge of losing her home ."My uncle and aunt purchased this house in 1948," explained Jackie ...
FBI Statement- Man Arrested For Poisoned Letter... [Published Wake up America - Apr 18 2013]
By Susan DuclosThere has been an arrest made for the letters sent to Barack Obama and to at least one Senator, both intercepted at an off-site facility and both tested positive for the deadly poison Ricin.Via a statement on the FBI website :Today at ...
Man Arrested in Ricin laced letters to lawmakers [Published Politisite - Apr 18 2013]
The FBI is reporting that Paul Kevin Curtis (KC) was arrested in connection with the Ricin laced letters that were sent to Congress and the President.  Curtis was arrested at his residence in Corinth, Mississippi. The letters were tested positive ...
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Martin Stone and Thomas Feeney Join Investigati... [Published Business Wire - May 08 2013]
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