PROVIDENCE , RI – 8/23/23 – A Providence man on Tuesday admitted to a federal judge that he assaulted a U.S. Postal Service letter carrier purportedly because of a near collision between the man’s car with a mail delivery truck as they passed on a tightly packed Providence Street, announced United States Attorney Zachary A. […]
FRESNO, Calif. — 8/11/23 – A federal grand jury returned a one count indictment Thursday against Marco Pergis, 41, of Wasco, charging him with assault on a federal employee inflicting bodily injury, U.S. Attorney Phillip A. Talbert announced. According to court documents, on June 21, 2023, Pergis assaulted a postal carrier while the carrier was […]
COLUMBUS, Ohio – 8/11/223 – A grand jury has indicted two more Central Ohio men for crimes related to four new, separate armed robberies against U.S. Postal carriers. Cameron D. Newton, 19, of Westerville, and Thierno S. Bah, 20, of Columbus, were each charged in a superseding indictment returned on Aug. 10. Their case is […]
Memphis, TN – 8/9/23 – A federal judge has sentenced Jonathan D. Holmes, 21, of Memphis, to 11 years in federal prison for a string of assaults and robberies of United States postal employees. U.S. District Court Judge John T. Fowlkes, Jr. also ordered Holmes to serve three years of supervised release upon completion of […]
BOSTON – 8/8/23 – A Boston man was sentenced today in federal court in Boston for the armed robbery of a United States Postal Service (USPS) letter carrier in Massachusetts. Anthony Diaz, 20, was sentenced by U.S. District Court Judge Angel Kelley to four years in prison and three years of supervised release. In April […]
COLUMBUS, Ohio – 8/7/23 – A third defendant has been arrested on charges relating to an April 2023 armed robbery of a mail carrier. Cody N. Beasley, also known as “Drose,” 22, of Columbus, was included in a superseding indictment returned in federal court on Aug. 3. Beasley remains in federal custody. Mahad S. Jama, […]
USPIS: 8/4/23 – The suspect vehicle, is a stolen white Kia sedan bearing Illinois license plate BF73931. One suspect was described as a Black male, wearing a light gray hooded sweatshirt, gray pants with “Reebok” wrapped around the left pant leg, Jordan sneakers with a blue crown emblem and blue stripes, and a backwards blue […]
7/6/23 – Orlando, Florida – United States Attorney Roger B. Handberg announces that Jacoby Jules Colon (20, Ocala) and Darius Rodney Capers (19, Ocala) have pleaded guilty in connection with their robbery spree of postal carriers in Florida. Colon pleaded guilty to conspiracy to rob postal carriers, armed postal robbery, and brandishing a firearm in […]
From CityWatch and PEN CityWatch – 7/3/23 – On April 27, 2020, United States Postal mail carrier and mother, Angela Summers, 45, was murdered by a resident of a house on her east Indianapolis route where mail delivery had been suspended because of concern about a loose, vicious Chihuahua, but escalated to a verbal threat […]
Pittsburgh Resident Indicted on Charges of Assault of a Federal Employee, Use of a Firearm During a Crime of Violence, and Felon in Possession of a Firearm and Ammunition PITTSBURGH, PA – 6/29/23 – A resident of Pittsburgh, PA, has been indicted by a federal grand jury in Pittsburgh on charges of forcible assault of […]