The United States Attorney for the District of Colorado has announced that Marquis Taylor, 29, received a 46-month prison sentence after pleading guilty to assault with intent to rob a U.S. mail carrier.
According to the plea agreement, in September 2023, Taylor and two others committed a strong-arm robbery against a postal carrier while she was on duty during her lunch break in her mail truck. The group attempted to obtain a universal mailbox key but failed. However, they managed to steal various pieces of mail, packages, and a postal scanner. The postal carrier sustained minor injuries during the incident. One accomplice, Dravell Ross, was sentenced last year to four years in prison for his involvement.
“Attacking a postal carrier to steal mail is a federal crime that threatens both public safety and the integrity of our mail system,” stated United States Attorney Peter McNeilly. “This office will continue to aggressively prosecute those people who target federal employees simply for doing their jobs.”
Inspector in Charge Bryan Musgrove of the U.S. Postal Inspection Service added: “Today’s sentencing is a message to those who contemplate perpetrating senseless and traumatizing acts of violence against U.S. Postal Service employees… Rest assured that the dedicated men and women of the U.S. Postal Inspection Service will ensure perpetrators of these acts are brought to justice no matter how much time has passed and prosecuted to the fullest extent of the law.”
United States District Judge Regina M. Rodriguez sentenced Taylor on July 17, 2025.
The case was investigated by the United States Postal Inspection Service with prosecution handled by Assistant United States Attorney Tim Neff.
