USPS workers accused of stealing Menards rebates from mail
By Kendall Keys
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MILWAUKEE (WISN) — Two United States Postal Service employees are accused of stealing hundreds of dollars in Menards rebates from the mail.
A federal grand jury indicted two postal employees this week, charging them with multiple counts of theft of mail matter by officer or employee.
Menards mails out its coveted rebates of 11% back on customers’ purchases in the form of in-store credit to their mailboxes.
“I buy at Menards almost like every day, and so I get these rebates a lot,” Goran Jovovic, shopping at Menards Wednesday, said. “That’s like you’re putting the cash in the mailbox, so a lot of people know about it. I mean, everybody knows about it, so they can easily steal it if they wanted to.”
The two USPS workers are accused of doing just that. Two federal indictments accuse Michael Bagley and Darius Holmes of stealing the rebate checks while on the job.
According to the separate indictments, the grand jury accuses Holmes of stealing 10 rebate checks, totaling $982.24. Bagley is accused of taking four rebates, totaling $331.78.
“I don’t think it’s right,” Jovovic said.
WISN 12 News tried to reach both of the accused postal workers. They did not answer their doors.
Holmes later called WISN 12 News and said he wasn’t aware of the federal indictment. He hung up when asked if he was still employed by USPS.
WISN 12 News tried to reach the investigating agency, the USPS Office of Inspector General, but the agency said that due to a lapse in federal funding, employees have been furloughed, so there wasn’t anyone to answer our questions. A request to USPS, inquiring whether the workers were still employed, also went unanswered.
Meanwhile, a spokesperson for Menards said in part, “We strongly feel that we and all of our fellow citizens should be able to put our trust in the good folks at the U.S. Postal Service. We are glad to hear they are getting their house in order.”
Holmes and Bagley are due in federal court next month for their arraignments.
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