Members of the National Association of Letter Carriers gather to express their frustrations due to a rise in assaults and robberies against mail carriers in Dallas and Fort Worth during a union rally at the United States Postal Service office in Dallas on Feb. 22, 2024.
Three Fort Worth men are facing federal prison time after they pleaded guilty to robbing a U.S. Postal Service letter carrier at gunpoint.
Cedrick Eugene Mims, Danny Yogi Oriszul Powell and Cameron Kemond Gist pleaded guilty to robbery of property of the United States, according to a news release from U.S. Attorney for the Northern District of Texas Leigha Simonton. Powell entered his plea on March 6, Mims on March 13, and Gist on April 17.
The three defendants committed the armed robbery of a mail carrier, identified in court documents by the initials C.S., in Fort Worth on Oct. 24, 2023, according to plea documents.
Mims told investigators that he pointed a 39mm pistol at the victim and demanded “the key.” That referred to the employee’s “Arrow Key,” which is “a master key used by the U.S. Postal Service to gather mail deposited in blue collection boxes” and “is prized by mail thieves,” the U.S. Attorney’s Office said in the release.
The men admitted that they also stole a postal scanner and the keys to the letter carrier’s official vehicle, the release states. Powell drove the getaway car, and Gist provided the guns, according to the plea papers.
At sentencing, Mims and Gist face up to 25 years in federal prison due to a dangerous weapon enhancement to their charges. Powell faces up to 10 years.
The U.S. Postal Inspection Service conducted the investigation with the assistance of the Fort Worth Police Department.
Amy McDaniel
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