Brown Weathers, Davis, and Elliott, Armed Postal Robbery, Florida 2024

Armed Postal Robbery Spree Ends in Indictments for Three Floridians.

MIAMI – A wave of armed robberies targeting U.S. Postal Service carriers has come to an end with the indictment of three men from Port St. Lucie, Florida. Bernard Jerome Davis III, 20, Jalen Dennis Elliott, 19, and Jamal Travon Brown Weathers, 23, were 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.

According to the indictment, between Nov. 19, 2022, and Oct. 21, 2023, the trio allegedly robbed at least six U.S. Postal letter carriers in St. Lucie, Brevard, Orange, and Miami-Dade Counties. U.S. Magistrate Judge Shaniek Mills Maynard ordered Brown 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, Brown 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.

The investigation was conducted by the U.S. Postal Inspection Service, the Fort Pierce Police Department, Miami Beach Police Department, Orange County Sheriff’s Office, Brevard County Sheriff’s Office, St. Lucie County Sheriff’s Office, and Port St. Lucie Police Department. Managing Assistant U.S. Attorney Carmen M. Lineberger is prosecuting the case.

Customers are encouraged to report stolen mail as soon as possible by submitting an online complaint to the Postal Inspection Service at www.uspis.gov/report or calling 877-876-2455. The Postal Inspection Service is authorized to issue monetary rewards for the forcible assault, robbery, or attempted robbery of any custodian of any mail, money, or other property of the United States under the control and jurisdiction of the Postal Service.

A criminal complaint and indictment contain mere allegations, and all defendants are presumed innocent unless and until proven guilty in a court of law.

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