HAMMOND- Jerron Donte Williams, 34 years old, of Gary, Indiana, was sentenced by United States District Court Senior Judge Jon E. DeGuilio after pleading guilty to assaulting and inflicting bodily injury on a United States Postal Service Letter Carrier with a deadly weapon, and discharging a firearm during the assault, announced United States Attorney Clifford D. Johnson.
Williams was sentenced to 153 months in prison followed by 3 years of supervised release.
According to documents in the case, on April 2, 2021, a letter carrier, employed by the United States Postal Service, was delivering U.S. Mail in their official capacity in Gary, Indiana. After the letter carrier stopped to organize mail, Williams ran his vehicle into the letter carrier’s postal delivery vehicle. Williams yelled at the letter carrier, exited his vehicle, entered a residence, and emerged from the residence with a handgun. William then commenced firing at the mail carrier while the postal vehicle was in motion. The bullets struck the postal vehicle four times and shattered the right-side window, causing injuries to the letter carrier.
This case was investigated by the United States Postal Service, the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives, the Gary Police Department, and the Hobart Police Department. This case was prosecuted by Assistant United States Attorney Nicholas J. Padilla.
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, and to make our neighborhoods safer for everyone. On May 26, 2021, the Department launched a violent crime reduction strategy strengthening PSN based on these core principles: fostering trust and legitimacy in our communities, supporting community-based organizations that help prevent violence from occurring in the first place, setting focused and strategic enforcement priorities, and measuring the results.