Person sentenced to prison for assault on GA postal employee: feds

A southeast Georgia man is headed to prison for a violent attack on a U.S. Postal Support employee last 12 months, federal authorities introduced Friday.

A decide sentenced 35-year-outdated Traveyon Wilcox of Donalsonville to 42 months in jail on a single count of assault on a federal personnel, the U.S. Attorney’s Office environment for Georgia’s Middle District explained in a information launch.

Wilcox pleaded responsible to the charge in December 2019, court paperwork present.

His jail stint will be adopted by a few yrs of supervised launch, prosecutors mentioned.

“Wilcox’s actions ended up disturbing and despicable,” Acting U.S Attorney Peter Leary claimed in a statement. “Assaulting a postal employee is a federal criminal offense, and people who try to damage staff of the U.S. Postal Assistance will be prosecuted.”

In accordance to court paperwork, in March 2019 a bat-wielding Wilcox confronted the postal employee as she was delivering mail and wrapped his arm around her neck, stating, “It’s pure, permit it come about.” He also tried using forcing off some of her clothes, in accordance to an indictment filed last calendar year.

Fearing he would rape her, the postal worker hit the gasoline on her mail truck and, at the identical time, tried out to struggle off her attacker by hitting him again and yet again, prosecutors stated.

Their tussle brought on the truck to crash into a nearby porch, according to the release. Wilcox took off on foot but was caught by police not prolonged immediately after the postal worker termed 911.

“Wilcox afterwards instructed investigators he had thoughts of executing terrible issues to the postal employee, like murdering her,” prosecutors said.