Man gets 10 years in federal prison for robbing mail carrier at gunpoint in Dayton

The front windows of the Walter H. Rice Federal Building and U.S. Courthouse in downtown Dayton. THOMAS GNAU / STAFF

Credit: Thomas Gnau

Credit: Thomas Gnau

The front windows of the Walter H. Rice Federal Building and U.S. Courthouse in downtown Dayton. THOMAS GNAU / STAFF

A Dayton man will spend 10 years in federal prison for assaulting and robbing a letter carrier at gunpoint in December while he as on his route in a Dayton neighborhood.

Marvin Brown Jr. was sentenced Friday in U.S. District Court in Dayton after he pleaded guilty in June.

Marvin Brown Jr.

Credit: Montgomery County Jail

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Credit: Montgomery County Jail

Brown and a co-defendant drove around a Dayton neighborhood on Dec. 18, 2023, looking for a U.S. Postal Service employee to rob. When they found a letter carrier, Brown approached him with a gun and demanded his mail bag. He also fired at least two shots into the carrier’s postal vehicle before Brown and the co-defendant sped away with the mail bag and contents, according to a release from the office of Kenneth Parker, U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of Ohio.

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