Mass. teen charged in armed robbery of Nashua postal worker

Baraka Janvier (Police mugshot)

NASHUA - A Massachusetts man has been charged with robbing a USPS mail carrier using what appeared to be a firearm.

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

According to the charging documents, on the afternoon of April 16 in Nashua, 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, Mass., 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 10 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.