Lowell Man Charged for Robbery of a Mail Carrier

CONCORD - A Lowell, Massachusetts man has been charged for robbing a United States Postal Service mail carrier using what appeared to be a firearm, U.S. Attorney Jane E. Young announces.

Baraka Janvier, 18, was charged with robbery of property of the United States. Janvier will make an initial appearance in federal court in Concord at a future date. Janvier is in state custody in connection to this incident. The investigation remains ongoing.

According to the charging documents, in Nashua on the afternoon of April 16, 2024, Janvier and a juvenile co-conspirator held the mail carrier at gunpoint and demanded his keys. Investigators obtained valuable information, pictures, and video from local residents, which helped to identify Janvier, his co-conspirator, and the driver of their vehicle. Investigators tracked Janvier and his co-conspirator to a house in Lowell, where they found two black pistol BB guns and a dark-colored mask. Janvier stated that he and the co-conspirator robbed a mail carrier for a key and then gave it to another person in Lowell for $500.

The charge provides for a sentence of up to ten years in prison, up to three years of supervised release, and a fine of up to $250,000. Sentences are imposed by a federal district court judge based upon the U.S. Sentencing Guidelines and statutes which govern the determination of a sentence in a criminal case.

The United States Postal Inspection Service led the investigation. Valuable assistance was provided by the Nashua, New Hampshire Police Department and the Lowell, Massachusetts Police Department. Assistant U.S. Attorney Jarad E. Hodes is prosecuting the case.

The details contained in the charging documents are allegations. The defendant is presumed innocent unless and until proven guilty beyond a reasonable doubt in a court of law.

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