TAMPA, Fla. — According to a press release issued by the Department of Justice, two males from Tampa were sentenced to a minimum of eight years in federal prison for the armed robbery of a postal mail carrier and the theft of postal keys. Both of these crimes occurred in Florida.
In January of 2023, Omar Miller, age 23, and Christopher “Chico” Diaz, age 27, entered guilty pleas to the charges against them.
According to the investigators, the two individuals planned the heist via a series of phone conversations and text messages with a getaway vehicle driver named Edwin Betancourt Vega.
According to the press release, evidence that was presented during the trial demonstrated that Miller held a postal carrier at gunpoint and stole mail from her as she was delivering mail to an apartment complex.
According to the reports, he approached the mail carrier from behind, brandished a weapon at her, threatened to kill her, and demanded the postal keys.
“After Miller stole the postal keys, he pushed the mail carrier to the ground and ran to a waiting getaway car,” the Department of Justice (DOJ) claimed.
