OAKLAND – A person was sentenced to 51 months in federal jail Friday within the armed theft final December of a postal service letter service in Oakland, officers stated.
Kevin Allan Fowler, 31, a resident of the East Bay, was convicted June 15 of robbing a mail service on Dec. 2, 2021 on Merritt Avenue close to Lake Merritt.
Based on a press launch from federal prosecutors, Fowler plead responsible to armed theft in a plea settlement.
The discharge stated Fowler admitted strolling previous the letter service as she was approaching a constructing to ship mail. He then returned, demanded she flip over her keys and when she refused he admitted taking out and brandishing a handgun.
The letter service then handed over her automobile keys and two United States Postal Service keys to Fowler who fled in one other automobile.
The automobile was subsequently recognized by way of surveillance video and Fowler was stopped in it days later by Oakland law enforcement officials and arrested. Based on the discharge, he had a loaded P80 9mm handgun journal and a counterfeit USPS mail key in his possession. The keys stolen from the letter service weren't recovered however she was capable of determine him because the suspect, the discharge stated. Federal expenses have been filed in opposition to him Jan. 19.
Fowler was sentenced by U.S. District Decide Haywood S. Gilliam Jr.. Along with the 51 months in jail, he was given a five-year interval of supervision after his launch and was ordered to pay restitution to the letter service. He started serving his time period Friday.