FORT WORTH, Texas — Three Fort Worth men have pleaded guilty to robbing a U.S. Postal Service employee and could face more than a decade in prison.
According to plea papers, the three men robbed a letter carrier, identified in court documents as C.S., in Fort Worth on Oct. 24, 2023.
Danny Yogi Oriszul Powell entered his plea on March 6. Cedrick Eugene Mims pleaded guilty on March 13 and Cameron Kemond Gist most recently entered his plea on April 17.
According to court documents, Mimms admitted he pointed a 39mm pistol at the carrier and demanded “the key." Authorities say Mimms targeted the carrier's "arrow key, " a master key used to gather mail dropped in blue collection boxes.
Powell drove the getaway car and Gist provided the firearms, according to plea papers. The men admitted that they also purloined a postal scanner and the keys to the letter carrier’s vehicle.
If convicted, Mims and Gist face up to 25 years in federal prison due to the dangerous weapon enhancement. Powell faces up to 10 years.
Authorities credit the results of this case to Project Safe Delivery. In May 2023, USPS started the campaign as a nationwide effort to crack down on postal crime and crimes against postal workers.
The U.S. Postal Inspection Service investigated with the assistance of the Fort Worth Police Department. Assistant U.S. Attorney Laura Montes is prosecuting the case.
