During FY 1995, the Los Angeles Division reported that 108 robberies were committed against letter carriers and motor vehicle operators and 26 robberies were committed at postal facilities. Indictments were handed down on three suspects, charging them with murder, robbery and conspiracy. In another case, a former temporary postal employee was sentenced to two terms of life imprisonment without the possibility of parole for the armed robbery and multiple murders he committed in March 1995 at the Montclair, NJ Post Office. A former casual employee pleaded guilty to conspiracy to commit armed robbery of post offices. Robberies are not only a crime of violence against people, they also are a direct attack on the financial integrity of the Postal Service.
Sentences imposed for postal robberies vary nationwide, but often include lengthy penalties.
An individual was sentenced to 22 years and 5 months in prison for the robbery of the Chapmansboro. TN Post Office. The Postal Service experienced 237 burglaries during the past six-month period. Postal Inspectors have intensified their efforts to reduce the vulnerability of postal facilities to criminal attack, in part by recommending that security containers and vaults be used to store postage funds and stock overnight. The new equipment will reduce false alarms and operating costs.