Two sentenced for kidnapping of Rochester mail carrier

Back in December 2021, 39-year-old Mark Rogers and 36-year-old Joseph “Gus” Way plead guilty to the kidnapping, along with 37-year-old Tashara Levans.

The package the mail carrier delivered did not contain cocaine, so the two confronted her about it and accused her of stealing the narcotics, authorities say.

The two then directed the mail carrier to a vehicle driven by Levans, Rogers girlfriend.

Levans then drove Rogers and Way as they threatened to shoot and kill the mail carrier and her children if she did not produce either the cocaine or $70,000, which was the street value of the missing narcotics.

The three eventually released the unharmed mail carrier.