ATLANTA — Two men, including one from Jonesboro, were recently indicted in connection with armed robberies of postal workers in metro Atlanta.
According to a Dec. 18 press release from the Department of Justice, the following suspects were indicted:
On Dec. 6, a federal grand jury returned an indictment charging Tavion Lashawn Williams, 21, of Jonesboro, with theft of a Postal Service key, armed postal robbery, and brandishing a firearm.
On Dec. 12, another federal grand jury returned an indictment charging Justin Andrew Sams, 34, of Atlanta, with armed postal robbery, brandishing a firearm, and theft of government property.
According to U.S. Attorney Buchanan, the indictment, and other information presented in court:
Tavion Lashawn Williams allegedly demanded the keys of a U.S. Postal Service letter carrier while the employee was delivering mail in Clayton County on March 1, 2023.
Williams allegedly pointed a gun at the letter carrier when the carrier hesitated. After seizing the carrier’s key, Williams fled but was soon arrested.
About seven months later, on Sept. 30, Justin Andrew Sams allegedly assaulted a USPS letter carrier in southwest Atlanta.
While brandishing a firearm, Sams allegedly ordered the letter carrier to hand over his postal uniform, keys, cellular telephone, and wallet.
Sams also allegedly stole the letter carrier’s government-issued credit card used to buy fuel for the letter carrier’s mail truck.
The Atlanta Police Department responded to the scene, succeeded in identifying Sams, and ultimately recovered the letter carrier’s telephone, wallet, fuel card, and uniform. Investigators also discovered a semiautomatic pistol during a search of Sams’s residence.
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