Federal officials announced Monday that two men have been sentenced to 7 years in federal prison in connection with a series of 2023 robberies of mail carriers.
ORIGINAL REPORT: 2 suspects charged in mail carrier robberies in metro Detroit
2 suspects charged in mail carrier robberies in metro Detroit
Officials say 31-year-old Michael Lamar Smith-Ellis of Detroit and 33-year-old Terrance Tucker of Phoenix, Arizona, targeted USPS mail carriers in September and October 2023, robbing them at gunpoint in Taylor and Northville and demanding their “arrow keys.” Those are the master keys that can be used to access postal mailboxes to steal mail.
The Taylor robbery occurred on September 25, 2023, and the Northville robbery took place on October 24, 2023…