A former US Postal Service worker has been jailed for helping to rob mail trucks at gunpoint around Los Angeles of nearly $240,000.

William Crosby conspired in a burglary and two separate robberies, one of which saw the victim so traumatized he later committed suicide, prosecutors said. 

Prosecutors claimed Crosby arranged for his half-brother and others to rob two postal trucks at gunpoint and steal a container of cash from a third in 2017 and 2018.

Under a plea agreement, Crosby said he used his job as a supervisor to identify trucks carrying cash from the sale of money orders and Postal Service merchandise.

The 32-year-old of Inglewood was sentenced yesterday to 11 years in federal prison and ordered to pay restitution.

As a former supervisor, Crosby knew when the USPS transported cash generated from the sale of money orders and USPS merchandise – information that is not known to all Postal Service employees, according to a federal grand jury indictment. 

Crosby pleaded guilty to two felonies – robbery and a firearms charge.His half-brother, Myron Crosby, pleaded guilty to robbery and awaits sentencing.

William Crosby admitted that between August 2017 and March 2018, he conspired with others to plan a theft and two robberies of USPS trucks carrying cash. 

The burglary and armed robberies caused cash losses of $238,457, prosecutors said.

On August 1, 2017, Crosby signaled to his co-conspirators that a Postal Service truck carrying a large amount of cash was on the loading dock at the Dockweiler Post Office in South Los Angeles. 

A co-conspirator wearing a Postal Service shirt walked onto the loading dock and stole a container inside the truck that contained $128,236 in cash, according to court documents.

Then while working at the Wagner Post Office in Los Angeles near Inglewood, Crosby passed on information to co-conspirators that a USPS truck carrying cash was leaving the facility.

During the February 2018 robbery Crosby acted as a lookout while a minivan blocked the USPS truck just outside the Wagner Post Office.

The robber threatened the truck driver at gunpoint, and stole $37,658 in cash.

The second robbery saw Crosby take sick leave without pay from his job at the Wagner Post Office in order to steal from the Dockweiler Post Office, where he previously worked. 

Less than one hour before the robbery on March 1, 대형트럭매매 2018, Crosby parked at a grocery store parking lot across the street from the Dockweiler Post Office in a spot where he could see the post office’s loading dock area.

After the USPS truck left the facility, Crosby, along with his co-conspirators, followed the truck, according to prosecutors. 

A co-conspirator rented a Mercedes-Benz SUV and used that vehicle to box in the USPS truck as it exited the freeway 

Another co-conspirator then exited a separate vehicle, brandished a gun and pointed it at the USPS driver, stealing $72,563 in cash, court documents state.