Boston Man Receives Four Years for Robbery of Mail Carrier

Washington, D.C. – A Boston man has been sentenced for the armed robbery of a U.S. Postal Service (USPS) letter carrier.

Anthony Diaz, 20, will serve four years in federal prison, to be followed by three years’ supervised release. Judge Angel Kelley with the U.S. District Court for the District of Massachusetts handed down the sentence on Tuesday, August 8, 2023.

In January 2023, Diaz approached a USPS letter carrier in Peabody, MA. Brandishing a semi-automatic pistol, he demanded the letter carrier’s postal keys, adding: “Hurry up, or I’ll shoot you.” The carrier complied with Diaz’s demands and was not harmed.

In April 2023, Diaz pleaded guilty to forcibly assaulting, resisting, opposing, impeding, intimidating, and interfering with a United States postal employee while they were engaged in the performance of their official duties. He also confessed to the use of a deadly weapon.

“The protection of U.S. Postal Service employees is one of the highest priorities for the U.S. Postal Inspection Service,” said Ketty Larco-Ward, Inspector in Charge of the Boston Division. “Anthony Diaz chose to heartlessly assault and rob a government employee at gun point, and he was sentenced for that crime. Let this be a lesson to those that would do harm to other letter carriers, the U.S. Postal Inspection Service will find you and bring you to justice.”

The Postal Inspection Service thanks the USPS Office of Inspector General and U.S. Assistant Attorney Luke A. Goldworm of the Major Crimes Unit for the successful investigation and prosecution of this case.