Man Sentenced In Armed Robberies Of Mail Carriers In Prince George's Co.

PRINCE GEORGE'S COUNTY, MD — A Washington, D.C., man has been sentenced to prison after he spent almost two decades robbing several U.S. postal carriers at gunpoint, including some in Prince George's County.

DeAngelo Lewis, 30, has been sentenced to 17 years in prison, followed by three years of supervised release, after a federal jury convicted him of numerous charges during an eight-day trial in April. The charges include the armed robbery of postal carriers; bank fraud; theft of mail; and using, carrying and brandishing a firearm during and in relation to a crime of violence.

Evidence presented at trial showed that beginning in January 2022 and continuing through at least October 2022, Lewis and his co-conspirators robbed seven mail carriers at gunpoint as they delivered mail in Maryland, Virginia and Washington, D.C.

Testimony given during the trial showed that as the USPS mail carriers walked their routes, filled neighborhood cluster boxes and sorted mail in their trucks, Lewis and his co-conspirators took turns approaching them, pulling out a gun and demanding the mail. One time, one of the masked suspects hit a mail carrier in the face even though the carrier had already handed over the mail.

Lewis and his co-conspirators stole personal and business checks from the mail carriers, then altered the checks and cashed them at various banks, stealing almost $1 million of the victims' money.

Lewis and the co-conspirators were identified by bank surveillance cameras depositing the stolen and altered checks at various bank locations. A search of Lewis' Marlow Heights apartment turned up approximately 1,500 checks with a face value of nearly $3 million that hadn't yet been deposited.

Co-conspirators Marking Long, 24, of Washington, D.C., and Enrico Hood-Jackson, 32, of Upper Marlboro, previously pleaded guilty to conspiracy to commit mail fraud and bank fraud in connection with the scheme. Hood-Jackson also pleaded guilty to armed robbery and carrying a firearm during and in relation to a crime of violence.

Both men will be sentenced later this year.