Archive for the ‘Caught in the Act’ Category
Sunday, April 6th, 2008
UPS has sued a New Jersey lawyer, Samuel Z. Brown, of The Law Offices of Samuel Z. Brown - for supposedly infringing on UPS's trademarks involving the color brown, including the use of Sam's last name in the domain for his firm's website.
From The Daily Report:
UPS objects to Brown's Web ...
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Sunday, March 23rd, 2008
Daniel Peterson of Redwood will collect more than a quarter of a million dollars in damages after the company and Peterson reached a settlement in a lawsuit he filed last year. United Package Smashers previously wrote about the incident here. Peterson, a UPS Mechanic, was fired after he put unsafe ...
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Saturday, March 22nd, 2008
UPS has been connected to drug crimes alot lately. Just a few days ago we ran a story about how UPS had found some parcels containing pot. Now comes a report that 14-year veteran UPS driver delivered more than just parcels: he also transported the occasional illicit substance. Police say ...
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Sunday, March 16th, 2008
Documents recently filed show UPS is taking steps to settle a lawsuit filed by a mechanic for the company who complained about unsafe UPS trucks. The mechanic, having found cracked or rusted frames on at least four UPS trucks, removed inspection certifications for those trucks and was fired four days ...
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Saturday, February 23rd, 2008
Now this doesn't happen every day. A guy walking around with a pay stub in his pocket from UPS rival FedEx was recently arrested on a tip from a citizen as he broke into UPS trucks to steal packages with an accomplice. Apparently, one acted as the lookout while the ...
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Friday, February 22nd, 2008
Three thieves were arrested after they followed a United Parcel Service truck and stole boxes left at homes in New Dorp. Igor Roshko, 20, Simon Berman, 18, and Artur Velichko, 18, were in a car tailing the UPS truck at around 1:45 p.m. Wednesday, sources said. After the UPS worker ...
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Friday, February 15th, 2008
Five people shipped 330 pounds of pot and the occasional cocaine shipment through United Parcel Service using drop off n' ship stores, according to a report. Apparently, UPS detected the shipment and contacted the police, who setup various raids and stings to capture the five suspects, only to have them ...
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Saturday, February 9th, 2008
A former United Parcel Service worker and a companion were arrested on suspicion of stealing parcels from numerous San Rafael homes while dressed as UPS couriers, police said.
"A witness said they thought it was suspicious that someone dressed as a UPS driver was walking away with a package," said San ...
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Friday, February 8th, 2008
Police have charged former United Parcel Service employee Brian Miller with stealing customer's packages and selling the contents online. He apparently admitted to switching the labels on the packages so they'd be delivered to him, including several big-screen TVs. Then he sold the stolen contents on Craigslist.
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Wednesday, January 30th, 2008
Brown is OK when its being used in the logo, but not when its the color of employee's skin, says one newspaper report coming out of Commerce City, Colorado by BlackNews.com. The news organization which covers items of interest to the black community leveled several charges of discrimination against UPS ...
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