A man was sentenced to 17 years in prison for his role in the armed robbery of seven mail carriers in the D.C. region in 2022, prosecutors announced this week.
DeAngelo Lewis, 30, of D.C., was convicted in April after an eight-day trial on charges of armed robbery, bank fraud, theft of mail and using a firearm during a crime of violence.
The robberies occurred from January 2022 through at least October 2022, according to the Maryland U.S. Attorney’s Office. During that time, Lewis and two accomplices robbed seven mail carriers at gunpoint as they delivered mail in D.C., Maryland and Virginia…