A Florida City man has been handed a hefty 16-year prison sentence after he shot at a U.S. Postal Service mail carrier on her delivery route in 2021. Charlie Holley, 43, found guilty on multiple charges including forcibly assaulting a federal employee and firearms offenses, received his punishment in federal court this Wednesday.
Local10 reported that the mail carrier was on her rounds in the neighborhood of Northwest 6th Street and 7th Avenue, delivering a package addressed to a "Whitey White," when Holley, menacing from a second-floor window, yelled at her to leave the parcel on the ground and open it. When she refused, citing postal regulations, Holley pointed a black rifle at her. Fearing for her life, the woman fled and, while making her escape in her vehicle, heard a "loud thud" - later confirmed to be a bullet Holley had fired piercing her truck.
The situation escalated, with Holley barricading himself in his home, prompting a nearly two-hour standoff with a Miami-Dade Special Response Team, as per a Local10 report. Holley eventually surrendered, and investigators found a long rifle in his house along with loaded magazines, and apparel linking him to the alias "Whitey."
From a separate source, WSVN, we learned that the rifle Holley used was a .45 caliber semi-automatic. After the confrontation, officers located a shirt with "Whitey" printed on it at his residence, and a bullet fragment was extracted from the postal truck. Witnesses also confirmed that Holley had menacingly brandished the weapon from his window prior to the incident with the mail carrier, according to the WSVN article.
