FORT PIERCE, Fla. — Two additional Fort Pierce men have been indicted for robberies of mail carriers across Florida, federal investigators said.
The Department of Justice said that Bernard Jerome Davis III, 20, and Jalen Dennis Elliott, 19, were charged in a 16-count indictment on Monday, along with 23-year-old Jamal Travon Brown Weathers.
According to a criminal complaint, between Nov. 19, 2022 and Oct. 21, 2023, Weathers, Davis and Elliott allegedly robbed at least six U.S. Postal letter carriers in St. Lucie, Brevard, Orange and Miami-Dade counties.
According to court records, there are five documented instances where Weathers, Davis and Elliott were involve in postal carrier robberies.
The DOJ said on Nov. 19, 2022 at an apartment complex in Port St. Lucie, Weathers threatened a USPS letter carrier at gunpoint and stole their key before fleeing in a car driven by Davis.
On May 12, 2023, Weathers and Davis robbed two USPS letter carriers of their postal arrow keys at gunpoint in Melbourne and Orlando. The DOJ said both times the duo fled in a Nissan Altima rented by Davis.
The DOJ said a USPS letter carrier was delivering mail in Fort Pierce on Aug. 1, 2023, when a white Pontiac Grand Prix began to follow her and pulled up behind her USPS vehicle. The letter carrier saw Davis with a gun walking towards the postal truck. Fearing a robbery, the letter carrier quickly drove away and called 911.
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Fort Pierce man accused of robbing mail carriers in multiple counties
A USPS letter carrier was delivering mail in Fort Pierce on Oct. 11, 2023, when Davis approached the driver’s side of the postal truck demanding the letter carrier’s key at gunpoint, the DOJ said. He drove away in a white car.
Finally on Oct. 21, 2023, a USPS letter carrier was delivering mail in an apartment community in Miami Beach, when she was confronted by Davis who shouted, “Give me the keys.” Davis ripped the keys from the letter carrier's hand, the DOJ said, and Davis then ran to a waiting black BMW SUV, driven by Elliott.
The trio is charged with conspiracy to commit Hobbs Act robbery, Hobbs Act robbery, postal robbery, armed postal robbery, attempted Hobbs Act robbery, illegal theft/possession of a U.S. Postal Service arrow key and use or carrying a firearm during a crime of violence. Weathers was previously charged by a federal criminal complaint in December 2023, the department said.
U.S. Magistrate Judge Shaniek Mills Maynard ordered Weathers, Davis and Elliott detained pending trial.
The trial is scheduled to start on July 1 before U.S. District Court Judge K. Michael Moore in Fort Pierce.
If convicted of their charges, Weathers and Davis face a mandatory minimum sentence of seven years up to the statutory maximum term of life in prison. Elliott faces up to the statutory term of 70 years in prison, if convicted.
To report stolen mail, you can submit an online complaint to the Postal Inspection Service at www.uspis.gov/report or call 877-876-2455.
To report allegations of Postal Service employee misconduct, including attempts to corrupt a Postal Service employee, call the USPS OIG at 1-888-877-7644 or www.uspsoig.gov.
