United States Attorney Joe Kelly announced the unsealing of a five-count indictment against Gary Fellows, Sidney Britt, and Joshua Britt, of Omaha, Nebraska, for the armed robbery of a United States Postal Service Tractor-Trailer Operator in Grand Island, Nebraska, on December 14, 2018. The charges include robbery, kidnapping of a federal employee, and use of a firearm to commit a crime of violence.

“The U.S. Postal Inspection Service’s highest priority is the protection of our employees from harm. This violent and dangerous armed kidnapping and robbery of our employee will not be tolerated as is seen by the swift and coordinated joint investigation by Postal Inspectors, local police and the U.S. Attorney’s office. This result would not have been possible without the tireless efforts of all the agencies involved,” said Bill Hedrick, Inspector in Charge of the Denver Division of the United States Postal Inspection Service, which covers Nebraska. “We want our employees and the public to know that Postal Inspectors will aggressively pursue anyone who attempts to use violence to harm our employees and the mail and items that the public entrusts to us.”

Indictments are charging documents that contain one or more individual counts that are merely accusations, and every defendant is presumed innocent unless and until proven guilty.