DeJuan Wilson, Threatening a Postal Worker with a Gun, Missouri 2021

A St. Louis County man has been sentenced to seven years in prison for threatening a mail carrier with a gun in 2021.

According to reports, the postal worker was preparing to deliver a package to the home of DeJuan Wilson in the 1400 block of Columbus Drive on January 11, 2021, when Wilson emerged from his home. Wilson was upset and claimed that a package delivered four days earlier was missing some of its contents.

Wilson became increasingly aggressive, pulled a semiautomatic firearm from his right front pocket and then told the mail carrier that he had two hours to produce the missing contents or Wilson would 'settle this.'

The worker, fearing for his safety, got into his vehicle and began to drive away. As he did so, Wilson fired his weapon several times. Neither the worker or his vehicle was hit.

Wilson, 27, pleaded guilty to assaulting a postal employee with a deadly weapon on March 22.

The case was investigated by the U.S. Postal Inspection Service. Assistant U.S. Attorney John Ware prosecuted the case.

The defendant's full name is DeJuan Wilson. He was sentenced to 7 years in prison on Tuesday. The incident occurred in St. Louis, Missouri on January 11, 2021.

Source: https://www.justice.gov/usao-edmo/pr/st-louis-county-man-sentenced-seven-years-prison-threatening-postal-worker-gun