United States of America v. Tajmir Wyles

Tampa, Florida criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with robbery of a postal mail carrier and receipt, possession or concealment of stolen property of the United States.

Reported by Kent Morlan

On May 15, 2023, Tajmir Wyles, age 32, from New Jersey, robbed a postal letter carrier of his master keys while he was delivering mail at a community mailbox inside the Whittier Center shopping center on E. Busch Boulevard, in Tampa, Florida. Following a physical altercation over the keys, Wyles successfully fled the scene with the keys.

In July 2023, Wyles was arrested in Dallas, Texas, where he was found with a binder of approximately 120 checks, with multiple different check owners. Many of the checks were reported stolen from the Tampa Bay area, where the postal keys worked, after the robbery. In addition, Wyles was in possession of the postal master keys that had been taken during the robbery on May 15, 2023.

This case was investigated by the U.S. Postal Inspection Service in Tampa, Florida, and Fort Worth, Texas, the Tampa Police Department, and the Dallas Police Department.

The Defendant was found guilty and was sentenced to 36 Months; SUPERVISED RELEASE: Not Imposed; SPECIAL ASSESSMENT TOTAL: $200