Source: United States Department of Justice Criminal Division
Memphis, TN – On January 9, 2026, a federal jury delivered a guilty verdict in the case of Marshun Lewis, 25, who was charged with committing a series of armed robberies of United States postal carriers in August 2023 and October, November, and December of 2024 in the Western District of Tennessee. Lewis faces a mandatory statutory minimum sentence of 28 years in federal prison based upon brandishing a firearm during each of the robberies. United States Attorney D. Michael Dunavant, for the Western District of Tennessee, announced the verdict today.According to information presented in court, Lewis conducted a series of armed robberies of United States postal carriers as a masked gunman for the purpose of obtaining keys to unlock blue collection mailboxes…