ROCHESTER WOMAN GOING TO PRISON FOR ROBBING A POSTAL CARRIER

ROCHESTER, N.Y.-U.S. Attorney Michael DiGiacomo announced today that Shyasia Kelis McCullough, 25, of Rochester, NY, who was convicted of robbery of a postal worker, was sentenced to serve 12 months in prison by U.S. District Judge Frank P. Geraci. Jr.

Assistant U.S. Attorney Katelyn M. Hartford, who is handling the case, stated that in June 2023, McCullough, co-defendant Malik Shameer McCray and others, robbed a United States letter carrier to obtain a postal key on Lake Avenue in Rochester. McCray committed the robbery while McCullough and others waited nearby in a getaway car. McCullough sent McCray a text message encouraging him to do the robbery, “U gotta scare him and make sure he don't see u again bro jus get up on him when he least expected ... It 100,000 on the line take a deep breath and jus go for it ... He not stronger then you.” After the robbery, McCray fled to the getaway car and he and McCullough fled the area.

Malik Shameer McCray was previously convicted and is awaiting sentencing.

The sentencing is the result of an investigation by the U.S. Postal Inspection Service, under the direction of Boston Division Acting Inspector-in-Charge Nicholas J. Bucciarelli, the Rochester Police Department, under the direction of Chief David Smith and the Gates Police Department, under the direction of Chief Robert Long.