Seekonk Postmaster Embezzles $19K, Postal Workers Plead Guilty in $2M Check Theft, NC Employee Sentenced, Montbello Robberies Charged

Federal authorities have charged multiple individuals in separate schemes involving theft and robbery related to the U.S. Postal Service. A former postmaster in Seekonk was arrested for embezzling over $19,000 from USPS funds, with some of the money reportedly spent at casinos. Two postal workers, Darnelle Concepcion and Quasheda Jones, along with Norfolk resident Devon Drumgoole, pleaded guilty to stealing hundreds of thousands of dollars in checks from the mail. Additionally, two postal employees and a Virginia man admitted to a scheme involving the theft of nearly $2 million in checks over several months. In North Carolina, a former USPS employee was sentenced to 27 months in prison for stealing more than $1.9 million in checks from P.O. boxes. Separately, two suspects have been indicted for the attempted and actual robbery of postal carriers at gunpoint in Montbello, Colorado, according to the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the District of Colorado.