Minnesota Man Sentenced for Robbing Postal U.S. Postal Service Carriers, Check Forgery Scheme

St. Paul, MN (KROC-AM News)- A Minnesota man has been sentenced for robbing U.S. Postal Service carriers. 

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That’s according to a news release issued Monday by the U.S. Attorney’s Office in Minnesota. 

He was also convicted in the case for a check forgery scheme that was supported by the robberies. 

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Minneapolis Man Sentenced for Robberies of Mail Carriers, Check Forgery Scheme

28-year-old Rubin David Adams was charged with two counts of armed robbery of a mail carrier, two counts of theft of Postal Service keys, and mail theft and other crimes. 

Adams was on supervised release for a case out of Georgia at the time of the robberies. Investigators were able to put him at the scene of the crimes thanks to the tracking bracelet he was wearing on his ankle, the news release indicates. 

Federal court documents say Adams robbed two mail carriers at gunpoint. One robbery happened in Edina and the other occurred in Brooklyn Park.

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The Minneapolis man stole keys from one of the victims that got him access to mail collection boxes. 

He then recruited others to carry out a check fraud scheme that involved stealing mail from dozens of Twin Cities-area collection boxes and using that stolen mail to pass forged checks, federal court documents say. 

“People will stop trusting the mail if they believe it will be stolen And people will stop applying to be mail carriers if they believe they will be victims of violence,” said U.S. District Court Judge Judge Eric C. Tostrud. 

Adams has been sentenced to 11 years in prison and ordered to pay $77,998.33. The prison term will be followed by five years supervised release. 

“Serious crimes demand serious federal time,” said Acting U.S. Attorney Joseph H. Thompson. “Adams went on a two-day crime spree and, for that, will spend a decade in federal prison.”