Comments on: Texas RCA sentenced to prison for mail and identity theft

By: Texas Letter Carrier

Texas Letter Carrier — Wed, 20 May 2009 23:35:19 +0000

Let me guess, he feels “real remorse” for what he actually did or for the fact that he got caught! I’m a very strong Union activist; however, I have personal issues with thieves as it makes us all “suspect” in the minds of the public. We need to be “above the law” when it comes to the security of the mail.

By: dantrel boone

dantrel boone — Sun, 10 May 2009 03:27:56 +0000

rodney ervin is my brother in law and he feels real remorseful for what he did ….this man has a daughter , my neice and she will suffer because of his poor judgement call . He is ready and willing to serve his time and pay his debt to society.

By: Scott Postal Supervisor

Scott Postal Supervisor — Mon, 13 Apr 2009 11:09:51 +0000

I somewhat agree to the Florida carrier. I think the prison sentence should be longer but the amount paid from his career? Where would that money go? Plus that’s just not very logical. I do believe though that his prison sentence is little to nothing. We need to make an example out of these thiefs and bring a tidle wave down upon them. We all as Federal Postal employees swore an oathe of honesty when we took this job. For someone to decieve it is a crime that should be punishable like the military type punishments. The military cracks down a lot harder on things like that. But I think today our biggest problem of theft is employees stealing time. Also fake workers comp. These employees that have various restrictions for a long time is what we need to also crack down on. They are stealing from all of us. I do understand the employees with legitimate problems but the ones that abuse should be made an example of as well.

By: bigplay

bigplay — Sun, 12 Apr 2009 13:40:22 +0000

reading through the last few months of blog postings about employees who steal, it seems most are of a non career nature (PMRs, TEs, RCAs) why not get rid of these short time people and hire employees who look at the job as a long time, well compensated career?

By: Florida mail carrier

Florida mail carrier — Sun, 12 Apr 2009 01:11:27 +0000

I am of the opinion that as long as prison terms for this kind of thing remain low, there is little in the way of deterrence. Really, a one-month term for mail theft and a ‘maximum’ two years on identity theft? What a joke.
Personally, I would like to see at least a minimum 10 years for mail theft, then pile it on for identity theft. As far as a fine goes, the convicted should be forced to pay at least as much as he earned during his time with the USPS, since, in effect, his job was a fraud because he violated the very essence of service he was supposed to be providing. At the minimum, $100,000 should be collected.
Until we start coming down hard on these ‘uncommon’ violators, we will continue to read about mail theft by carriers. Like we need to give people a reason to quit using our service.