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Hudson County Postal Worker Stole Credit Cards On Her Mail Route, Cops Say
A U.S. postal employee from Union City has been charged in connection with a credit card fraud scheme that targeted local residents on her North Bergen mail route, authorities said.
Eirin Novas, 39, was arrested Friday, July 25, and charged with credit card theft, fraudulent use of credit cards, and conspiracy, North Bergen Police Chief Robert J. Farley Jr. said in a press release Friday, Aug. 1.
Awilda Taveras-Bido, 46, of Newark, was also charged with credit card theft, fraudulent use of credit cards, intent of cardholder to defraud, and conspiracy. She was arrested and released on a summ…
Retired Police Sergeant Helps Track Down Mail Thieves In Fairfield, Cops Say
Two men were arrested and charged with stealing mail on Thursday, March 6, after a retired Fairfield police sergeant helped track them down, authorities said.
At 11:46 a.m., Joseph Keegan, a retired Fairfield police sergeant, alerted law enforcement that he saw a black Chevrolet Malibu with no license plates parked next to a mailbox on Law Drive, Fairfield police said.
Keegan saw two men, later identified as Aiioune Gueye, a 25-year-old East Orange resident and Elijah Muhammad-Outen, a 25-year-old Newark resident, dressed in black with yellow reflective vests try to enter the mai…
Two Men Robbed Postal Carrier At Gunpoint In Newark: Feds
Two men were arrested and charged on Thursday, Sept. 19 with robbing a mail carrier at gunpoint in Newark in November 2022, authorities said.
On Nov. 28, 2022, Eddie Tyree James White, a 26-year-old Delaware resident, approached a USPS mail carrier while she was in her USPS vehicle in Newark, U.S. Attorney Philip Sellinger said.
White displayed a firearm in his waistband and demanded the mail carrier’s arrow key, a master key used by USPS to access various mail receptacles, Sellinger said. The mail carrier gave the key to White, who fled on foot, Sellinger said. James Hammond-Smith, a …