{"id":37920,"date":"2025-05-23T08:43:43","date_gmt":"2025-05-23T13:43:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/postalemployeenetwork.com\/news\/?p=37920"},"modified":"2025-05-23T08:43:43","modified_gmt":"2025-05-23T13:43:43","slug":"milwaukee-man-sentenced-to-148-months-for-involvement-in-armed-robberies-of-u-s-postal-carriers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/postalemployeenetwork.com\/news\/2025\/05\/23\/milwaukee-man-sentenced-to-148-months-for-involvement-in-armed-robberies-of-u-s-postal-carriers\/","title":{"rendered":"Milwaukee Man Sentenced to 148 Months for Involvement in Armed Robberies of U.S. Postal Carriers"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>5\/22\/25 &#8211; Richard G. Frohling, Acting United States Attorney for the Eastern District of Wisconsin, announced that on May 22, 2025, Huria H. Abu (age 22) was sentenced to 148 months in federal prison for his role in multiple armed robberies of U.S. postal carriers that occurred between October 2022 and March 2023 in Milwaukee. After completing his prison sentence, Abu will also spend five years on supervised release.<\/p>\n<p>According to court records, Abu and his co-defendants (who named themselves the \u201cScamily\u201d) robbed U.S. postal carriers at gunpoint for the postal carriers\u2019 arrow keys, which were then used to steal U.S. mail from mail receptacles. The following co-defendants have also been sentenced in relation to their individual roles in this case:<\/p>\n<p>\u2022\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Jessie L. Cook (21): 94 months\u2019 prison, followed by four years of supervised release (sentenced August 9, 2024);<\/p>\n<p>\u2022\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Abdi A. Abdi (24): 96 months\u2019 prison, followed by three years of supervised release (sentenced April 14, 2024);<\/p>\n<p>\u2022\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Darrion M. Allison (24): 72 months\u2019 prison, followed by five years of supervised release (sentenced November 8, 2024);<\/p>\n<p>\u2022\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Abdi I. Baba (27): 120 months\u2019 prison, followed by three years of supervised release (sentenced July 24, 2024)<\/p>\n<p>This matter was investigated by the FBI\u2019s Milwaukee Area Violent Crimes Task Force and the Milwaukee Police Department.<\/p>\n<p>It was prosecuted by Assistant United States Attorneys Abbey M. Marzick and Bill T. Berens.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/postalemployeenetwork.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/j495.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-thumbnail wp-image-33705\" src=\"https:\/\/postalemployeenetwork.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/j495-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" srcset=\"https:\/\/postalemployeenetwork.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/j495-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/postalemployeenetwork.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/j495-30x30.jpg 30w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>5\/22\/25 &#8211; Richard G. Frohling, Acting United States Attorney for the Eastern District of Wisconsin, announced that on May 22, 2025, Huria H. Abu (age 22) was sentenced to 148 months in federal prison for his role in multiple armed robberies of U.S. postal carriers that occurred between October 2022 and March 2023 in Milwaukee. 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