He is accused of hiding and stealing mail from customers. The mans arrest is the result of a federal investigation that dates back more than a year. Kron fours Philippe Djegal is live in san jose. With the latest on this investigation. Philippe. Pam. Quan howard was arrested last night, and booked here into the Santa Clara County main jail earlier this morning. He is accused of abusing his power as a postal inspector and ripping people off. This is a photo of 52yearold postal inspector quan howard taken back in 2012 after being awarded federal employee of the year by the San Francisco bay area federal executive board of the us postal inspection service. A far cry from what hes being recognized for now. Charged by the office of Inspector General for delaying, destroying, stealing and possessing stolen us mail. Sot im actually very surprised and shocked. Anne lauzon is a longtime neighbor of howards, living nextdoor to him in saratoga. Sot its dumbfounding. I just would not have even ant