Live Oak man receives 12-year sentence for postal key theft, robbery and assault

  • Antrell Jermaine Hillard received a 12-year federal prison sentence for conspiracy and theft of postal keys, postal robbery, and assault in Florida.
  • Hillard will face three years of supervised release after prison and was convicted following investigations by the Postal Inspection Service, FBI and local law enforcement.

A Live Oak man has been sentenced to 12 years in federal prison for conspiracy to steal postal keys, theft of postal keys, and postal robbery and assault.

According to a Northern District of Florida U.S. Attorney’s Office press release sent on Monday, court documents show that between March 21 and March 29, 2025, Antrell Jermaine Hillard, 33, conspired with others to steal U.S. Postal Service keys in Gainesville and Ocala. Hillard planned and participated in three separate incidents involving the theft of keys directly from Postal Service carriers while they were delivering mail.

In one incident, Hillard snatched a postal key that was physically attached to a carrier’s belt, causing the key to break away from the belt…

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