MARIETTA, Ga. — A new inquiry has been launched into the United States Postal Service (USPS) - this time over allegations of misconduct at a Marietta post office.
Georgia leaders, including Sens. Rafael Warnock, John Ossoff, and Rep. Barry Loudermilk, are demanding answers about alleged fraud and mail tampering at the USPS location on Lawrence Street.
“Well, I know mistakes happen, but continuously,” said Marietta resident Jennifer Walton. She told 11Alive that since November, she has been having issues getting her packages. She says confirmation shows the items were delivered to her home, yet she has evidence to the contrary.
“It says delivered mail, but it’s not delivered. So we have a Ring camera to monitor it, we have informed delivery to monitor it, and I run to the mailbox every time we receive a package, but it’s not there,” said Walton.
Walton says when she confronts USPS with that information, the responses are inconsistent.
"Yesterday, they said it was incorrectly marked delivered, and it really wasn’t, and today she is not really addressing it; they are just trying to find my package," she said.
Walton isn’t sure if her packages are being stolen, but she says she was recently informed that she got a new mail carrier. As she searches for answers, Sens. Ossoff and Warnock, along with Rep. Barry Loudermilk, have launched a separate inquiry into the Marietta Post office at 257 Lawrence Street for alleged crimes committed there, including mail theft, forgery, document fraud, and check washing.
Despite the claims, some still swear by the Marietta USPS location.
“I drove 25 miles to this post office,” said Hiram resident Meg Hunt-Williams, who says because of issues at her local USPS, she makes the drive to Marietta whenever she needs postal assistance.
“Coming to the Marietta post office is one big blessing because it’s one of the best-organized post offices here in the Atlanta vicinity, and these people know me when I walk in because they know how far I drive,” Hunt-Williams went on to say.
As for Walton, she says she just wants her items. “The rest of my mail seems to appear but when I order something from a retail environment, it’s delivered but not there," she said.
We reached out to Sens. Ossoff and Warnock’s offices, but they were unavailable for comment. We also contacted representatives from USPS, but so far, we have not heard back.