Federal Judge Sentences Man to Eight Years in Prison for Robbing U.S. Postal Service Carrier in Chicago

CHICAGO - A federal judge has sentenced a man to eight years in prison for robbing a U.S. Postal Service carrier in Chicago.

The robbery occurred on March 18, 2022, in the 700 block of South Claremont Avenue in Chicago. The carrier was delivering mail when HENRY L. MOORER approached on foot and demanded postal property from the carrier. Moorer then pulled a semiautomatic handgun from the pocket of his sweatshirt and displayed the butt of the firearm. The carrier raised his arms in the air as Moorer grabbed the postal property from the carrier and walked away. Moorer then fled the area in his vehicle.

At the time of the robbery, Moorer was on electronic monitoring for an unrelated criminal case in the Circuit Cook of Cook County. He was arrested in March 2024 and has remained detained in law enforcement custody since then.

Moorer, 33, of Chicago, pleaded guilty in October 2025 to a federal robbery charge. On June 18, 2026, U.S. District Judge John J. Tharp, Jr. sentenced Moorer to eight years in federal prison, to be served concurrently with a criminal sentence Moorer is serving for an unrelated state court conviction.

The sentence was announced by Andrew S. Boutros, United States Attorney for the Northern District of Illinois, and Nicholas Bucciarelli, Inspector-in-Charge of the Chicago Division of the U.S. Postal Inspection Service.

"Robbery is a serious, dangerous crime that threatens public safety," Assistant U.S. Attorney Julia K. Schwartz argued in the government's sentencing memorandum. "The danger attendant to all robberies is heightened in cases where-like defendant-the robber possesses a firearm. This traumatized the victim Postal worker and could have escalated into a situation posing serious physical harm to the Postal worker and the public."