MEMPHIS, Tenn. — A Memphis man was found guilty Friday of committing four armed robberies of United States Postal Service (USPS) mail carriers in 2023 and 2024, a press release from the U.S. Attorney’s Office of D. Michael Dunavant said.
Marshun Lewis, 25, was convicted of four counts of robbery, four counts of brandishing a firearm during and in relation to a crime of violence, one count of conspiracy to commit bank fraud, one count of bank fraud, and one count of possession of stolen mail.
In 2019, WREG reported that Lewis was also accused of robbing several people in a Walmart parking lot, looking to buy items from Facebook Marketplace.
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According to the attorney’s office, Lewis conducted the robberies of the USPS workers to obtain keys to unlock blue collection mailboxes throughout Memphis to steal checks and money orders, and would alter the payee information to deposit them into third-party accounts.
Dunavant’s office stated that after investigators obtained footage of Lewis’ vehicle at the scene of the robberies, postal inspectors served a search warrant at his home and discovered stolen mail and a keychain for one of the stolen keys…