Jacoby Jules Colon, Postal Robbery, Florida 2023

Two Ocala men have been sentenced for their role in a robbery spree targeting postal carriers in Central Florida.

Jacoby Jules Colon, 20, and Darius Rodney Capers, 19, were sentenced in connection with the robberies, which took place in September and October 2022.

Court records show that Colon and Capers robbed three postal carriers, stealing their arrow keys, which are master keys used to open U.S. mail receptacles. In one instance, Colon brandished a firearm and threatened a carrier.

The U.S. Postal Inspectors witnessed Capers and Colon using one of the stolen arrow keys to access a mail collection box in the parking lot of the Azalea Park Post Office in Orlando.

During the investigation, U.S. Postal Inspectors executed search warrants at a hotel in Orlando, the homes of Colon and Capers in Ocala, and recovered several pieces of stolen mail, fraudulent checks, ski masks, and several firearms.

Court records also show that Capers attempted to rob a fourth postal carrier in Tampa but abandoned his effort when the carrier resisted.

This case was investigated by the United States Postal Inspection Service and the Orange County Sheriff’s Office, with assistance from the Hillsborough County Sheriff’s Office, the Ocala Police Department, the Marion County Sheriff’s Office, and the Broward County Sheriff’s Office.

Captors was sentenced to 4 years and 9 months in federal prison for conspiracy to rob postal carriers and attempted robbery of a postal carrier. Colon was sentenced to 10 years in federal prison for conspiracy to rob postal carriers, armed postal robbery, and brandishing a firearm in furtherance of a crime of violence.

This case is part of Project Safe Neighborhoods (PSN), a program bringing together all levels of law enforcement and the communities they serve to reduce violent crime and gun violence.

The U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Middle District of Florida prosecuted the case, with Assistant United States Attorney Michael P. Felicetta leading the prosecution.

Jacoby Jules Colon, 20, of Ocala, was sentenced to 10 years in federal prison for conspiracy to rob postal carriers, armed postal robbery, and brandishing a firearm in furtherance of a crime of violence. The offenses occurred in Florida, specifically in Orlando on October 4, 2022.

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