Two suspects in U.S. Postal Service robberies in Arlington, Dallas, Fort Worth and Frisco pleaded guilty to federal criminal charges.
Postal trucks are parked at a United States Postal Service post office location in Washington, DC, April 16, 2020.Two men face up to 15 years in federal prison after pleading guilty to their roles in eight mail carrier robberies this year in North Texas, according to a news release from the U.S. Attorney for the Northern District of Texas.
Louis Dixon and Jerrad Coleman, both 18, were charged in April with one count each of robbery of property of the United States and conspiracy to rob and unlawfully possess property of the United States, the release said. Dixon pleaded guilty last Wednesday, and Coleman pleaded guilty Tuesday.The men “trawled the streets” of the Dallas-Fort Worth area looking for postal service letter carriers to rob with the hopes ofThe keys are prized by mail thieves, the release said.
They robbed some of the carriers at gunpoint before fleeing in vehicles and using, selling or disposing of the master keys, according to the release.“The U.S. Postal Service and the U.S. Postal Inspection Service will never cease placing employee safety as one of our top priorities,” Kai Pickens, inspector in charge at the Fort Worth Division of the U.S. Postal Inspection Service, said in the release. “Let this serve as a warning to anyone who seeks to harm and traumatize our employees: The U.S.
The U.S. Attorney’s office as well as police departments in Arlington, Dallas, Fort Worth and Frisco assisted with the investigation.Dallas County leaders announce 8th Expunction Expo to help clean up criminal records, Breaking News Reporter. Lana Ferguson joined The Dallas Morning News after reporting in South Carolina's Lowcountry for The Island Packet & Beaufort Gazette newspapers. She graduated from the University of Mississippi where she studied journalism and Southern studies.
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