Defendant Faces 10 Years in Prison for 2016 USPS Assault

In a brazen attack on a United States Postal Service (USPS) Letter Carrier, Jerome A. Proctor, Jr., 24, of Washington, D.C., discharged a firearm, leaving the victim shaken. The incident occurred on November 26, 2016 at approximately 6 p.m. in the 2300 block of 2nd Street NE in Northeast Washington.

Proctor, who was on probation in Maryland for a firearms conviction, brandished a black semi-automatic handgun and pointed it towards the letter carrier’s head. He then kicked and pistol-whipped the victim while he was on the ground, and his associate went through the victim’s pockets, taking the victim’s cell phone, personal keys, and wallet.

During the assault, Proctor fired a single shot into the air in an attempt to scare off the driver of a vehicle that had arrived on the scene. The driver sped away, and the letter carrier chased after the vehicle. Shortly after the assault and robbery, Proctor and his associate were seen together on video footage from the Fashion Centre mall at Pentagon City in Arlington, Va., where Proctor’s associate attempted to use a debit card stolen from the letter carrier at the food court.

Proctor was arrested in December 2016 in Prince George’s County, Md. and has been in custody ever since. He was indicted in this case in May 2017. The government’s evidence established that the victim’s blood was identified on a stain on a pair of jeans recovered from the residence where Proctor was arrested.

In announcing the plea, U.S. Attorney Jessie K. Liu, Inspector in Charge Robert B. Wemyss of the U.S. Postal Inspection Service, Washington Division, and Peter Newsham, Chief of the Metropolitan Police Department (MPD), commended the work of the U.S. Postal Inspection Service and MPD officers in the Fifth District in quickly investigating and arresting Proctor.

Proctor faces a mandatory 10 years of incarceration, which must run consecutive to any other sentence. The plea, which is contingent upon the Court’s approval, calls for an agreed-upon sentence of 10 years in prison. He is scheduled to be sentenced by Judge Cooper on July 17, 2018.

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