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- Daily Mail
USPS worker's sneaky pepper spray revenge against dog caught on camera
A USPS worker sparked an investigation after appearing to use pepper spray on a California resident's mail which was then given to their adorable dog. The Torrance mail worker was seen on security footage seemingly spraying the mail with pepper spray and feeding it to the Guszak's family's French Bulldog, Jax. 'The dog is in the house and the windows are closed,' Danna Guszak told Fox 11. 'There's no threat at all to this man at all.' Footage obtained by the outlet showed the mail worker outside the home last week scanning his surroundings before reaching for one of the spray canisters. The worker sprayed the mail multiple times before walking up to the home, prompting the dog to start barking, and slid the tainted mail through the door and walked away. 'He says, "Okay, enjoy," [to the dog],' Danna said. 'I don't even understand that. He clearly knows the dog is going to get that mail.' Danna's husband, Raymond, was home at the time of the incident and noticed Jax had began to drool strangely. Raymond picked up the mail to find it coated in a slimy orange substance, which smelt like pepper spray, before his eyes began to water. The couple told the outlet they had 'never' had any issues with any mail carrier. They explained that thankfully Jax was okay, but worried about their neighboring residents who may have worse luck. 'What if a child picked up that mail and ingested it? Or was he trying to harm the people inside the home? I'm not sure what the intent was,' Raymond told the outlet. The pair reported the incident to USPS and to the police, evidencing their orange stained mail. A spokesperson for USPS told Fox 11: 'The United States Postal Service holds its employees to high standards of conduct, and any actions which conflict with these values are taken seriously.' 'We are currently reviewing this incident and will take appropriate action based on the results to ensure alignment with our commitment to integrity and professionalism,' they added. But Danna said, despite a new mail worker delivering to their home in the last few days, that she now lives in fear. 'In my eyes, they're not taking into account that I now have to live with the fact that I'm scared,' she said. Raymond pointed out to the outlet that he believed tampering with mail to be a federal crime, especially 'if you have some liquid or poison on the mail.' It remains unclear if any action has been taken or how USPS will respond to the incident, but the Guszak's have said they no longer feel they can trust their mail delivery workers. 'We're not comfortable anymore. I want to be able to trust the postal carriers,' Raymond said. According to the USPS website, employees are to use the pepper spray or 'dog repellent' on 'any dog that attacks.' USPS policy also stated that if a dog is a 'menace,' the worker should report the issue with a supervisor who would inform the customer that mail delivery would cease until the dog was confined. 'Do not use the repellent indiscriminately, especially when there is a danger of spraying children or adults. Indiscriminate use of the repellent will not be tolerated and could result in corrective action, up to and including removal,' the USPS website stated.
The Sun
3 hours ago
- The Sun
Woman ‘murdered' by man, 30s, after neighbours heard horror scream as cops launch probe
POLICE have launched a murder investigation following the death of a woman in Cardiff. Officers were called to the scene at South Morgan Place in Riverside at 7.37am this morning. 2 Paramedics attended the seriously injured woman but she was sadly pronounced dead at the scene. A man in his 30s has been arrested on suspicion of murder. South Wales Police are not looking for anyone else in connection with the incident. One woman living nearby told WalesOnline that she heard a scream at around 7.30am. She believed it was children before police arrived. They have asked for anyone with information to get in contact.
The Independent
4 hours ago
- The Independent
DWP launches independent review into Post Office staff prosecutions
The Department for Work and Pensions is launching an independent review into its handling of prosecutions against Post Office staff. There were around 100 prosecutions by the DWP between 2001 and 2006, during the Horizon IT scandal. The decision to review the work on the cases comes after it was revealed the Post Office investigation team shared information with the DWP. The investigation will look at the period of time covered by the Post Office (Horizon System) Offences Act 2024, from 1996 to 2018. This was the legislation that effectively gave a blanket exoneration to Post Office staff convicted in that time, but it did not include DWP-related convictions. It was uncovered that the DWP and Post Office had conducted joint investigations during the scandal by Sky News last May. Responding to the findings at the time, lawyer and then-chair of the Justice Select Committee, Sir Robert Neill KC said the DWP convictions need to be 'looked at'. "I think that's the area they need to look at if we are saying their approach was tainted from the beginning - in the way the investigators adopted things - then joint operations I suspect would be just as tainted arguably as something where it has been the Post Office on its own." A DWP spokesperson said: 'We have committed to commissioning an independent assurance review where Post Office members of staff were prosecuted by the Department for welfare-related fraud. 'These cases involved complex investigations and were backed by evidence including filmed surveillance, stolen benefit books and witness statements – to date, no documentation has been identified showing that Horizon data was essential to these prosecutions.' Lawyer Neil Hudgell, who represented several victims of the Post Office scandal, said the review was 'wholly inadequate', adding that the DWP "should not be marking its own homework.' "Any involvement in the process of appointing reviewers undermines all confidence in the independence of the process," he said. The Horizon IT scandal saw approximately 1,000 individuals wrongfully prosecuted and convicted. Around £1 billion has been paid to victims so far according to the Department for Business and Trade, after a legal act which came into effect on 25 January 2024 authorised automatic compensation. The inquiry into the scandal is still ongoing, having published the first volume of its final report in July.
