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A man who put a gun to the head of a postal worker during an Ingleside district robbery, causing the USPS employee to believe he was about to die, was sentenced to 30 days imprisonment at San Francisco federal courthouse this morning.Leroy Wise waylaid the mail carrier as he sat in his truck – pointing a gun at his temple before pushing him to the floor and threatening to kill him if he moved. His accomplice climbed over the stricken man to steal priority mail parcels. The pair also stole the driver’s iPhone.One day later U.S. Postal Inspectors tracked the getaway vehicle to the San Francisco address of its registered owner, who turned out to be Wise’s girlfriend. While executing a search warrant they found Wise, hiding in a bedroom closet, three firearms and the clothes he wore during the robbery.He had earlier pleaded guilty to charges of ‘robbery of a mail carrier’ and ‘mail theft’ arising from the August 2022 incident.Prosecutors had pressed for a 28-month sentence. An attorney for Wise described him as a “genuinely good person” who had “lost his way” and invited the judge to impose a sentence of three years of supervised release. Wise continues to protect the identity of his accomplice.“In terms of a general deterrent, it’s not a question of whether Mr Wise will do this again – he won’t – it’s not even a question of what is in Mr Wise’s best interests…it’s the other [sentencing] factor that weighs upon the court: which is the general deterrent,” said U.S. District Judge Charles Breyer, imposing a 30-day term of imprisonment.The sentencing comes amidst a drive by postal authorities to address what was described as a “profound increase” in robberies targeting mail carriers in the Bay Area.
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