CHARLOTTE AMALIE — Simon Peters, 42, of California, was sentenced on Friday, June 6, 2025 to 8 months’ imprisonment, followed by 30 months of supervised release, for threatening to kill employees of the United States Postal Service (USPS), Acting U.S. Attorney Adam F. Sleeper said today.
Peters pleaded guilty before U.S. District Court Judge Robert A. Molloy to one count of making threats against public officials on February 18, 2025.
“Threatening postal employees and other public officials will not be tolerated,” Acting U.S. Attorney Sleeper said. “Postal workers work tirelessly to serve our community and carry out their duties. We will continue to work with our law enforcement partners to hold accountable those who threaten violence against our dedicated public servants.”
The US Postal Inspection Service takes threats of violence to postal employees very seriously.”
said Acting Inspector in Charge Bladismir Rojo of the USPIS Miami Division. “I’d like to thank the
FBI, DEA, HSI, USMS, CBP and VIPD who provided assistance and resources to aid us during this
investigation.”
According to court records, Peters called the Ottley Post Office on St. Thomas on January 27, 2024,
and threatened to kill the carrier that services the Kirwan Terrace Housing Community for not
delivering his packages, which contained marijuana. The threats included: “Make sure the fat boy
know, we’re watching him and next time we’re going to kill him behind the building”; “We are
definitely going to make a frigging example out here”; and “Any more packages from California go
missing, you will see what happen to the co-workers dem … one by one.”
On January 29, 2024, Peters again called the Ottley Post Office and continued his threats. Peters
stated he wanted to speak to the delivery driver for Kirwan Terrace. When asked why he wanted to
speak with the driver, Peters stated, “To let the people know what’s 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.” He also stated, “I’ve been doing this for over 10 years now. I’m in California dealing with the
Virgin Islands.”
As a result of the threats, the USPS management did not send any letter carriers to the Kirwan Terrace
Housing Community for two days to ensure their safety. This temporarily disrupted mail delivery to
that community. The USPS also brought in agents from other jurisdictions to escort letter carriers to deliver the mail. Additionally, the USPS employed a private security company to provide additional
security at the post offices.
The USPS tracked the phone calls to California where Peters was located. Peters was arrested and
brought to the Virgin Islands for prosecution.
The investigation was conducted by the US Postal Inspection Service, with assistance from FBI,
DEA, HSI, USMS, CBP and VIPD. Assistant U.S. Attorney Natasha L. Baker prosecuted the case
on behalf of the United States Attorney’s Office for the District of the Virgin Islands.
