{"id":27538,"date":"2019-11-02T11:14:26","date_gmt":"2019-11-02T16:14:26","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/postalemployeenetwork.com\/news\/?p=27538"},"modified":"2019-11-02T11:14:26","modified_gmt":"2019-11-02T16:14:26","slug":"merrillville-in-man-sentenced-to-90-months-in-prison-for-conspiring-to-rob-the-us-postal-service","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/postalemployeenetwork.com\/news\/2019\/11\/02\/merrillville-in-man-sentenced-to-90-months-in-prison-for-conspiring-to-rob-the-us-postal-service\/","title":{"rendered":"Merrillville, IN Man Sentenced To 90 Months In Prison For Conspiring To Rob The US Postal Service"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 1em; color: #171e24; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: #ffffff; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-color: initial;\">HAMMOND &#8211; DOJ 11\/01\/19 &#8211; James Caffey, age 29, of Merrillville, Indiana was sentenced before U.S. District Court Judge Theresa Springmann after being convicted during a 4-day trial in January 2019.\u00a0 He was convicted of conspiring to rob the United States Postal Service, announced U.S. Attorney Kirsch.<\/p>\n<p style=\"box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 1em; color: #171e24; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: #ffffff; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-color: initial;\">Caffey was sentenced to 90 months in prison, 2 years of supervised release and ordered to pay restitution in the amount of $5595.<\/p>\n<p style=\"box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 1em; color: #171e24; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: #ffffff; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-color: initial;\">According to documents in this case and evidence presented at trial, James Caffey conspired with Tanisha Banks and Leeroy Beck to rob the Tolleston Station Post Office in Gary, Indiana on August 3, 2017.\u00a0 Tanisha Banks, a Postal Service employee with experience working at the Tolleston Station, provided the logistics for the robbery while her boyfriend, James Caffey, handled transportation to and from the robbery.\u00a0 Together Banks and Caffey recruited the gunman, Leeroy Beck, who would actually carry out the robbery. At trial evidence was presented establishing that Caffey provided Beck with the handgun used during the robbery.\u00a0 After holding two employees at gun point, Leeroy Beck stole money and mail from the Postal Service.\u00a0 The cash was divided between the conspirators.<\/p>\n<p style=\"box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 1em; color: #171e24; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: #ffffff; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-color: initial;\">Tanisha Banks is scheduled for sentencing on November 5, 2019.\u00a0 Leeroy Beck was sentenced on May 14, 2019 to 96 months in prison.<\/p>\n<p style=\"box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 1em; color: #171e24; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: #ffffff; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-color: initial;\">This case was investigated by the United States Postal Inspection Service with assistance from the Gary Police Department.\u00a0 The case was prosecuted by Northern District of Indiana Assistant United States Attorneys Diane Berkowitz and Thomas McGrath.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-23277\" src=\"https:\/\/postalemployeenetwork.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/Justice1a.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"400\" height=\"250\" srcset=\"https:\/\/postalemployeenetwork.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/Justice1a.jpg 400w, https:\/\/postalemployeenetwork.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/Justice1a-300x188.jpg 300w, https:\/\/postalemployeenetwork.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/Justice1a-86x54.jpg 86w, https:\/\/postalemployeenetwork.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/Justice1a-120x74.jpg 120w, https:\/\/postalemployeenetwork.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/Justice1a-378x237.jpg 378w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>HAMMOND &#8211; DOJ 11\/01\/19 &#8211; James Caffey, age 29, of Merrillville, Indiana was sentenced before U.S. District Court Judge Theresa Springmann after being convicted during a 4-day trial in January 2019.\u00a0 He was convicted of conspiring to rob the United States Postal Service, announced U.S. Attorney Kirsch. 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