USPS In The News

Postal Inspector, David McKinney, got a call about a "wriggling" package on the afternoon of April 5 hours after the package had been deposited and $63.55 was paid for overnight delivery. The person who sent the package used a fake name and address and the addressee did not match any addresses either. McKinney returned the package to the return address that night. The house was empty. A real estate agent told him that the house had been vacant for more than a year. The next morning a search warrant was issued from the U.S. District Court in Roanoke. Officers from the Roanoke Police Department's animal control unit and Department of Game and Inland Fisheries were asked to open the box. Inside was a 1-pound ferret, two toy cars, a green-haired doll, a box of Benadryl with one tablet missing, a bag of ferret food and a box of dietary supplements for ferrets. The ferret, Stamps, was taken to the Roanoke Valley SPCA and was put up for adoption. He was adopted by the Bradley's who are co-founders of the Big Lick Ferret Shelter & Hospice.