Benjamin Joos (Photo courtesy Shawano County Sheriff's Office)
GREEN BAY, WI (WTAQ-WLUK) – Benjamin Joos was sentenced Wednesday to 18 months in federal prison for assaulting a postal worker with a shotgun after he had been drinking.
Joos, 44, previously pleaded guilty in federal court to one count for the Sept. 24 incident in the Shawano County town of Grant.
Joos was also placed on supervised release for three years after the prison term, and he must pay $10,124.46 in restitution, court records show.
According to the plea agreement, the female carrier “was fulfilling her obligations as a federal postal employee by placing mail in a residential mailbox when she heard a loud noise and thought her window shattered. She then saw the defendant standing with a shotgun pointed at her and yelling at her to get away from his mailbox. Jane Doe stated that the defendant continued to train the shotgun on her after firing an initial blast. Both her vehicle and jane Doe were hit with the shotgun pellets. She suffered minor injuries to her arms which required brief hospitalization.”
Joos said he had been drinking, and had a BAC of .178, the plea agreement states.
Charges in state court for the incident were dismissed in favor of the federal case.
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