02-05-2025
Westerville man sentenced to 20 years in prison for role in robbing postal workers
A Westerville man who participated in multiple armed robberies of postal workers for their postal carrier keys was sentenced to prison on May 2 in the U.S. District Court in Columbus.
Cameron Newton, 21, was sentenced to 20 years and one day in prison. Newton aided and abetted four armed robberies of postal carriers between December 2022 and May 2023, according to a news release from the U.S Attorney's Office for the Southern District of Ohio.
Newton, who was on probation and wearing a GPS ankle monitor, recruited two juveniles for an armed robbery on Dec. 22, 2022, in German Village, according to prosecutors. Newton also arranged for one of his conspirators to use a handgun for the robbery.
Newton acted as a lookout for a second armed robbery of a postal worker on Jan. 23, 2023, on East Columbus Street. Prosecutors said that Newton was in his vehicle and acted as though he was making DoorDash deliveries to escape his home confinement.
Later that same day, Newton again acted as a lookout for a third postal robbery and arranged buyers for the stolen postal keys taken from postal workers, according to prosecutors.
Newton again acquired a firearm for one of his co-conspirators to use in a robbery of an elderly female postal worker in May 2023. Following the robbery, he picked up his accomplices near Goodale Park and paid the robbers several hundred dollars through CashApp, according to prosecutors.
On May 18, 2023, law enforcement agents executed a search warrant at Newton's home and discovered $22,000 in cash, hundreds of altered checks and money orders totaling more than $590,000, hundreds of pieces of stolen mail and two postal carrier keys.
"Newton and his accomplices terrorized postal workers in an effort to steal their keys and loot mailboxes,' FBI Cincinnati Special Agent in Charge Elena Iatarola said in a prepared statement.
'Through the hard work of the U.S. Postal Inspection Service, local police, and the FBI, we were able to arrest those responsible for these violent crimes and ensure they are held accountable.'
Newton is one of six men who have been charged in connection with armed robberies of postal carriers in central Ohio. Several of the defendants have already been sentenced to prison for their roles in the robberies.
Reporter Shahid Meighan can be reached at smeighan@ at ShahidMeighan on X, and at on Bluesky.
This article originally appeared on The Columbus Dispatch: Cameron Newton sentenced to prison for robbing postal workers
