{"id":37166,"date":"2025-01-14T11:07:22","date_gmt":"2025-01-14T16:07:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/postalemployeenetwork.com\/news\/?p=37166"},"modified":"2025-01-14T11:07:22","modified_gmt":"2025-01-14T16:07:22","slug":"chicago-area-men-accused-of-robbing-a-usps-letter-carrier-at-gunpoint-shooting-at-federal-agents","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/postalemployeenetwork.com\/news\/2025\/01\/14\/chicago-area-men-accused-of-robbing-a-usps-letter-carrier-at-gunpoint-shooting-at-federal-agents\/","title":{"rendered":"Chicago-Area Men Accused of Robbing a USPS Letter Carrier at Gunpoint, Shooting at Federal Agents"},"content":{"rendered":"

Man Charged in Federal Court with Robbing Postal Carrier at Gunpoint in Chicago Suburb; Second Man Charged with Firing at Investigating Agents<\/span><\/h1>\n

CHICAGO \u2014 1\/13\/25 – A man has been charged in federal court with robbing a United States Postal Service carrier at gunpoint in a Chicago suburb last week.\u00a0 A second man has been charged with firing shots at investigators near the scene of the robbery.<\/p>\n

AHMEL HOLMES, 18, of Kankakee, Ill., robbed the postal carrier on Jan. 8, 2025, in Harvey, Ill., according to a complaint filed in U.S. District Court in Chicago.\u00a0 The postal carrier was on duty that morning delivering mail along East 158th Street near Union Avenue when Holmes approached her with a gun equipped with a drum magazine and demanded her belongings, the complaint states.\u00a0 Holmes then demanded and obtained access to the victim\u2019s postal vehicle, from which he took a USPS tub containing mail, the complaint states.<\/p>\n

Shortly after the robbery, two Postal Inspectors from the U.S. Postal Inspection Service were canvassing the area when they observed three individuals near an alley.\u00a0 When the inspectors moved toward them to speak with them, one of the men \u2013 JESUS SANTILLAN, 19, of Harvey, Ill. \u2013 pointed a handgun at the inspectors and fired shots, the complaint states.\u00a0 The inspectors were not wounded and did not return fire, but they chased Santillan into a nearby residence, where they arrested him, the complaint states.\u00a0 The inspectors also found Holmes in the residence and took him into custody.<\/p>\n

Holmes is charged with armed robbery of a postal carrier, which is punishable by up to 25 years in federal prison.\u00a0 Santillan is charged with using a deadly and dangerous weapon to assault postal inspectors and impede performance of their official duties, which is punishable by up to 20 years.<\/p>\n

A detention hearing for Holmes is scheduled for Jan. 14, 2025, at 1:30 p.m. before U.S. Magistrate Judge Jeffery T. Gilbert.\u00a0 Santillan waived his right to a detention hearing at this stage of the case and was ordered to remain held in federal custody.<\/p>\n

The complaint was announced by Morris Pasqual, Acting United States Attorney for the Northern District of Illinois, and\u00a0Ruth Mendon\u00e7a, Inspector-in-Charge of the Chicago Division of the U.S. Postal Inspection Service.\u00a0 The Harvey, Ill. Police Department provided valuable assistance.\u00a0The government is represented by Assistant U.S. Attorney Michael Maione.<\/p>\n

The public is reminded that a complaint is not evidence of guilt.\u00a0 The defendants are presumed innocent and entitled to a fair trial at which the government has the burden of proving guilt beyond a reasonable doubt.<\/p>\n

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