06/04/2025

Minneapolis Man who Robbed Postal Carriers at Gunpoint and Carried out a Check Forgery Scheme Sentenced to 132 Months in Prison

United States Attorney's Office District of Minnesota

ST. PAUL, Minn. – Rubin David Adams, of Minneapolis, was sentenced to 132 months in prison for his involvement in a string of robberies of U.S. Postal Service letter carriers in the fall of 2023, announced Acting U.S. Attorney Joseph H. Thompson.

According to court documents, over a two-day period, Rubin David Adams, 28, robbed two different letter carriers—one in Edina and the second in Brooklyn Center—at gunpoint.  Adams stole Postal Service keys from one of the victims, granting him access to secure mail collections boxes.  Adams then carried out a check fraud scheme, with others he recruited, stealing mail from dozens of Twin Cities-area collection boxes and using that stolen mail to pass forged checks. 

At the time of Adams’ robbery spree, he was on supervised release in Georgia.  The defendant was wearing an ankle monitor that corroborated his presence and involvement with each robbery. Adams was charged with numerous crimes, including two counts of armed robbery of a mail carrier, two counts of theft of Postal Service keys, and mail theft.

“Serious crimes demand serious federal time,” said Acting U.S. Attorney Joseph H. Thompson.  “Adams went on a two-day crime spree and, for that, will spend a decade in federal prison.”