{"id":55448,"date":"2025-06-09T20:13:51","date_gmt":"2025-06-10T00:13:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/bnonews.com\/?p=55448"},"modified":"2025-06-09T20:13:51","modified_gmt":"2025-06-10T00:13:51","slug":"california-man-sentenced-for-threatening-to-kill-postal-workers-in-u-s-virgin-islands","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bnonews.com\/index.php\/2025\/06\/california-man-sentenced-for-threatening-to-kill-postal-workers-in-u-s-virgin-islands\/","title":{"rendered":"California man sentenced for threatening to kill postal workers in U.S. Virgin Islands"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>A California man has been sentenced to eight months in prison for threatening to kill U.S. Postal Service employees in the U.S. Virgin Islands, federal prosecutors said. The threats stemmed from the alleged non-delivery of marijuana-containing packages.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>On Friday, Simon Peters, 42, was sentenced to eight months in prison and 30 months of supervised release. He had pleaded guilty on February 18 to one count of making threats against public officials.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The U.S. Attorney\u2019s Office for the District of the Virgin Islands <a href=\"https:\/\/www.justice.gov\/usao-vi\/pr\/california-resident-sentenced-threatening-kill-postal-employees\">said<\/a> Peters called the Ottley Post Office in St. Thomas, USVI, on January 27, 2024, and issued multiple death threats toward a postal carrier. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Among the threats, Peters reportedly said: \u201cMake sure the fat boy know, we\u2019re watching him and next time we\u2019re going to kill him behind the building\u201d and \u201cAny more packages from California go missing, you will see what happen to the co-workers dem \u2026 one by one.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Two days later, Peters called again and continued making threats. When asked why he wanted to speak to the delivery driver, Peters said, \u201cTo let the people know what\u2019s going on in the Virgin Islands. We got people driving around looking for him, and you gon hear him get gun shots in his [expletive] ass.\u201d He also claimed to have been \u201cdoing this for over 10 years now.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>As a result of the threats, USPS temporarily suspended mail delivery to Kirwan Terrace for two days and brought in agents from other jurisdictions to escort carriers. A private security firm was also hired to provide additional protection at local post offices.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The U.S. Postal Inspection Service tracked the calls to California, where Peters was located and arrested before being transferred to the Virgin Islands for prosecution. The investigation was led by USPIS with assistance from the FBI, DEA, HSI, U.S. Marshals Service, U.S. Customs and Border Protection, and the Virgin Islands Police Department.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A California man has been sentenced to eight months in prison for threatening to kill U.S. Postal Service employees in the U.S. Virgin Islands, federal prosecutors said. The threats stemmed from the alleged non-delivery of marijuana-containing packages. On Friday, Simon Peters, 42, was sentenced to eight months in prison and 30 months of supervised release. [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7,"featured_media":55449,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"inline_featured_image":false,"_mi_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[6,2],"tags":[3217,3519,734,1293,151],"class_list":["post-55448","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-legal","category-usnews","tag-online-threats","tag-st-thomas-u-s-virgin-islands","tag-u-s-postal-service","tag-u-s-virgin-islands","tag-united-states"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v23.8 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>California man sentenced for threatening to kill postal workers in U.S. Virgin Islands - BNO News<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/bnonews.com\/index.php\/2025\/06\/california-man-sentenced-for-threatening-to-kill-postal-workers-in-u-s-virgin-islands\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"California man sentenced for threatening to kill postal workers in U.S. Virgin Islands - BNO News\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"A California man has been sentenced to eight months in prison for threatening to kill U.S. Postal Service employees in the U.S. Virgin Islands, federal prosecutors said. The threats stemmed from the alleged non-delivery of marijuana-containing packages. On Friday, Simon Peters, 42, was sentenced to eight months in prison and 30 months of supervised release. [&hellip;]\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/bnonews.com\/index.php\/2025\/06\/california-man-sentenced-for-threatening-to-kill-postal-workers-in-u-s-virgin-islands\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"BNO News\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"http:\/\/www.facebook.com\/bnonews\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2025-06-10T00:13:51+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/bnonews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/FilePhotoUSPostalOfficeVirginIslands.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"1000\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"600\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Carlos Robles\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:creator\" content=\"@bnonews\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:site\" content=\"@bnonews\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Carlos Robles\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"2 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/bnonews.com\/index.php\/2025\/06\/california-man-sentenced-for-threatening-to-kill-postal-workers-in-u-s-virgin-islands\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/bnonews.com\/index.php\/2025\/06\/california-man-sentenced-for-threatening-to-kill-postal-workers-in-u-s-virgin-islands\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"Carlos Robles\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/bnonews.com\/#\/schema\/person\/0a2ca734b9c5688c0e2d40fe6f33add1\"},\"headline\":\"California man sentenced for threatening to kill postal workers in U.S. Virgin Islands\",\"datePublished\":\"2025-06-10T00:13:51+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2025-06-10T00:13:51+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/bnonews.com\/index.php\/2025\/06\/california-man-sentenced-for-threatening-to-kill-postal-workers-in-u-s-virgin-islands\/\"},\"wordCount\":332,\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/bnonews.com\/#organization\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/bnonews.com\/index.php\/2025\/06\/california-man-sentenced-for-threatening-to-kill-postal-workers-in-u-s-virgin-islands\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/bnonews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/FilePhotoUSPostalOfficeVirginIslands.jpg\",\"keywords\":[\"Online threats\",\"St. Thomas (U.S. Virgin Islands)\",\"U.S. Postal Service\",\"U.S. Virgin Islands\",\"United States\"],\"articleSection\":[\"Legal\",\"US News\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/bnonews.com\/index.php\/2025\/06\/california-man-sentenced-for-threatening-to-kill-postal-workers-in-u-s-virgin-islands\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/bnonews.com\/index.php\/2025\/06\/california-man-sentenced-for-threatening-to-kill-postal-workers-in-u-s-virgin-islands\/\",\"name\":\"California man sentenced for threatening to kill postal workers in U.S. Virgin Islands - BNO News\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/bnonews.com\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/bnonews.com\/index.php\/2025\/06\/california-man-sentenced-for-threatening-to-kill-postal-workers-in-u-s-virgin-islands\/#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/bnonews.com\/index.php\/2025\/06\/california-man-sentenced-for-threatening-to-kill-postal-workers-in-u-s-virgin-islands\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/bnonews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/FilePhotoUSPostalOfficeVirginIslands.jpg\",\"datePublished\":\"2025-06-10T00:13:51+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2025-06-10T00:13:51+00:00\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/bnonews.com\/index.php\/2025\/06\/california-man-sentenced-for-threatening-to-kill-postal-workers-in-u-s-virgin-islands\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/bnonews.com\/index.php\/2025\/06\/california-man-sentenced-for-threatening-to-kill-postal-workers-in-u-s-virgin-islands\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/bnonews.com\/index.php\/2025\/06\/california-man-sentenced-for-threatening-to-kill-postal-workers-in-u-s-virgin-islands\/#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/bnonews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/FilePhotoUSPostalOfficeVirginIslands.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/bnonews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/FilePhotoUSPostalOfficeVirginIslands.jpg\",\"width\":1000,\"height\":600},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/bnonews.com\/index.php\/2025\/06\/california-man-sentenced-for-threatening-to-kill-postal-workers-in-u-s-virgin-islands\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/bnonews.com\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"California man sentenced for threatening to kill postal workers in U.S. Virgin Islands\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/bnonews.com\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/bnonews.com\/\",\"name\":\"BNO News\",\"description\":\"Breaking news and developing stories from the U.S. and around the world\",\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/bnonews.com\/#organization\"},\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\/\/bnonews.com\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Organization\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/bnonews.com\/#organization\",\"name\":\"BNO News\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/bnonews.com\/\",\"logo\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/bnonews.com\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/bnonews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/BNOLOGOTV.png\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/bnonews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/BNOLOGOTV.png\",\"width\":1696,\"height\":1443,\"caption\":\"BNO News\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/bnonews.com\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/\"},\"sameAs\":[\"http:\/\/www.facebook.com\/bnonews\/\",\"https:\/\/x.com\/bnonews\",\"http:\/\/www.instagram.com\/bnonews\/\",\"http:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/company\/bno-news\",\"http:\/\/www.pinterest.com\/bnonewstv\/\",\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/bnonews\"]},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/bnonews.com\/#\/schema\/person\/0a2ca734b9c5688c0e2d40fe6f33add1\",\"name\":\"Carlos Robles\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/bnonews.com\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/bnonews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/vLTiH3uR_400x400-150x150.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/bnonews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/vLTiH3uR_400x400-150x150.jpg\",\"caption\":\"Carlos Robles\"},\"url\":\"https:\/\/bnonews.com\/index.php\/author\/crobles\/\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"California man sentenced for threatening to kill postal workers in U.S. Virgin Islands - BNO News","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/bnonews.com\/index.php\/2025\/06\/california-man-sentenced-for-threatening-to-kill-postal-workers-in-u-s-virgin-islands\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"California man sentenced for threatening to kill postal workers in U.S. Virgin Islands - BNO News","og_description":"A California man has been sentenced to eight months in prison for threatening to kill U.S. Postal Service employees in the U.S. Virgin Islands, federal prosecutors said. The threats stemmed from the alleged non-delivery of marijuana-containing packages. On Friday, Simon Peters, 42, was sentenced to eight months in prison and 30 months of supervised release. [&hellip;]","og_url":"https:\/\/bnonews.com\/index.php\/2025\/06\/california-man-sentenced-for-threatening-to-kill-postal-workers-in-u-s-virgin-islands\/","og_site_name":"BNO News","article_publisher":"http:\/\/www.facebook.com\/bnonews\/","article_published_time":"2025-06-10T00:13:51+00:00","og_image":[{"width":1000,"height":600,"url":"https:\/\/bnonews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/FilePhotoUSPostalOfficeVirginIslands.jpg","type":"image\/jpeg"}],"author":"Carlos Robles","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_creator":"@bnonews","twitter_site":"@bnonews","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"Carlos Robles","Est. reading time":"2 minutes"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/bnonews.com\/index.php\/2025\/06\/california-man-sentenced-for-threatening-to-kill-postal-workers-in-u-s-virgin-islands\/#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/bnonews.com\/index.php\/2025\/06\/california-man-sentenced-for-threatening-to-kill-postal-workers-in-u-s-virgin-islands\/"},"author":{"name":"Carlos Robles","@id":"https:\/\/bnonews.com\/#\/schema\/person\/0a2ca734b9c5688c0e2d40fe6f33add1"},"headline":"California man sentenced for threatening to kill postal workers in U.S. Virgin Islands","datePublished":"2025-06-10T00:13:51+00:00","dateModified":"2025-06-10T00:13:51+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/bnonews.com\/index.php\/2025\/06\/california-man-sentenced-for-threatening-to-kill-postal-workers-in-u-s-virgin-islands\/"},"wordCount":332,"publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/bnonews.com\/#organization"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/bnonews.com\/index.php\/2025\/06\/california-man-sentenced-for-threatening-to-kill-postal-workers-in-u-s-virgin-islands\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/bnonews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/FilePhotoUSPostalOfficeVirginIslands.jpg","keywords":["Online threats","St. Thomas (U.S. Virgin Islands)","U.S. Postal Service","U.S. Virgin Islands","United States"],"articleSection":["Legal","US News"],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/bnonews.com\/index.php\/2025\/06\/california-man-sentenced-for-threatening-to-kill-postal-workers-in-u-s-virgin-islands\/","url":"https:\/\/bnonews.com\/index.php\/2025\/06\/california-man-sentenced-for-threatening-to-kill-postal-workers-in-u-s-virgin-islands\/","name":"California man sentenced for threatening to kill postal workers in U.S. Virgin Islands - BNO News","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/bnonews.com\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/bnonews.com\/index.php\/2025\/06\/california-man-sentenced-for-threatening-to-kill-postal-workers-in-u-s-virgin-islands\/#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/bnonews.com\/index.php\/2025\/06\/california-man-sentenced-for-threatening-to-kill-postal-workers-in-u-s-virgin-islands\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/bnonews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/FilePhotoUSPostalOfficeVirginIslands.jpg","datePublished":"2025-06-10T00:13:51+00:00","dateModified":"2025-06-10T00:13:51+00:00","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/bnonews.com\/index.php\/2025\/06\/california-man-sentenced-for-threatening-to-kill-postal-workers-in-u-s-virgin-islands\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/bnonews.com\/index.php\/2025\/06\/california-man-sentenced-for-threatening-to-kill-postal-workers-in-u-s-virgin-islands\/"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/bnonews.com\/index.php\/2025\/06\/california-man-sentenced-for-threatening-to-kill-postal-workers-in-u-s-virgin-islands\/#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/bnonews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/FilePhotoUSPostalOfficeVirginIslands.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/bnonews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/FilePhotoUSPostalOfficeVirginIslands.jpg","width":1000,"height":600},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/bnonews.com\/index.php\/2025\/06\/california-man-sentenced-for-threatening-to-kill-postal-workers-in-u-s-virgin-islands\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/bnonews.com\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"California man sentenced for threatening to kill postal workers in U.S. Virgin Islands"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/bnonews.com\/#website","url":"https:\/\/bnonews.com\/","name":"BNO News","description":"Breaking news and developing stories from the U.S. and around the world","publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/bnonews.com\/#organization"},"potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/bnonews.com\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https:\/\/bnonews.com\/#organization","name":"BNO News","url":"https:\/\/bnonews.com\/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/bnonews.com\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/bnonews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/BNOLOGOTV.png","contentUrl":"https:\/\/bnonews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/BNOLOGOTV.png","width":1696,"height":1443,"caption":"BNO News"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/bnonews.com\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/"},"sameAs":["http:\/\/www.facebook.com\/bnonews\/","https:\/\/x.com\/bnonews","http:\/\/www.instagram.com\/bnonews\/","http:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/company\/bno-news","http:\/\/www.pinterest.com\/bnonewstv\/","http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/bnonews"]},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/bnonews.com\/#\/schema\/person\/0a2ca734b9c5688c0e2d40fe6f33add1","name":"Carlos Robles","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/bnonews.com\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/bnonews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/vLTiH3uR_400x400-150x150.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/bnonews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/vLTiH3uR_400x400-150x150.jpg","caption":"Carlos Robles"},"url":"https:\/\/bnonews.com\/index.php\/author\/crobles\/"}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/bnonews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/55448"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/bnonews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/bnonews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bnonews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/7"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bnonews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=55448"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/bnonews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/55448\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":55450,"href":"https:\/\/bnonews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/55448\/revisions\/55450"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bnonews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/55449"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/bnonews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=55448"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bnonews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=55448"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bnonews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=55448"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}