Archive for the ‘Crime & Security’ Category

Police: UPS Worker Sold Stolen Packages Online

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.

Report: United Parcel Service Discriminating On Basis of Color

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 ...

UPS Delivery Confirmation Wide Open to Tampering

Sunday, January 13th, 2008

  As has been pointed out in this very informative video that is making its rounds on YouTube, put out by a site calling itself UPS Receipt, the UPS Delivery Confirmation process is wide open to tampering by anyone wishing to do so. Its unclear whether this site is being run ...

Former UPS Employee Gets 7 Years for Embezzlement

Friday, January 4th, 2008

A former United Parcel Service supervisor who stole more than $800,000 from UPS was sentenced Thursday to 7 years in prison. Victoria Pavek, 49, of Aurora pleaded guilty to theft of more than $500,000 in October. She was a 20-year employee of the shipping company who was working as a supervisor ...

UPS Driver Witnesses Animal Cruelty Incident, Calls Police

Thursday, December 20th, 2007

UPS driver Glen Delong called the police as two kids threw a Pit Bull into a canal and hit it with a stick, according to news reports. The driver phoned the tip in after seeing the incident while working his route. Jarrius Flournah, 18, and Reginald Robinson, 19, are charged ...

The UPS / Cargo Largo Connection

Monday, December 17th, 2007

This is - without any doubt whatsoever - the biggest story I have done for this site. Its a tale of a missing package and where it went, where it should have gone and where it gone but should not have. Its a saga of who did what to said ...