Three men have been arrested and charged with beating a mailman earlier this year after he parked his U.S. Postal Service truck in their "hood" in Morton, Delaware County, authorities said Friday.
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The assault occurred in January, the state Attorney General's Office announced Friday. The case had been referred to the state AG's Office by the Delaware County District Attorney's Office because of a conflict of interest — one of the defendants is related to an employee in the DA's Office, a spokesman for the Attorney General's Office said.
Charged with attempted aggravated assault, conspiracy, simple assault and related offenses were: Mark Timothy White, 29, of the 200 block of Green St., Holmes; Derek Alonzo Dawson, 23, of the unit block of W. Ridley Ave., Ridley Park; and Joseph Douglas Marion, 20, of the 300 block of N. Morton Ave., in Morton. They were arrested Thursday.
On Jan. 30, the AG's Office said, the mailman had parked his mail truck on Harding Avenue to deliver mail to homes in the area. The driver of a Nissan vehicle pulled up and stopped directly in front of the mail truck.
As the mailman got out of his vehicle, the Nissan driver complained that the mailman was blocking the road and yelled, "This is my 'hood," authorities said. Later, as the mailman tried to walk by, one of the occupants in the Nissan slapped a piece of mail from the carrier's hand, the AG's Office said.
As the mailman bent over to pick it up, he was punched in the back of the head, authorities said. Two other people in the Nissan joined in on the assault as the mailman was punched and kicked on the ground, authorities said.
The mailman suffered injuries to his head, back and arms as he was punched more than 10 times, according to investigators. He was treated at a hospital.
"This was a brutal attack on a public servant performing his official duties," Pennsylvania Attorney General Bruce Beemer said in a __news release. "Our office is fully committed to ensuring the individuals who carried out this attack are held responsible for their actions."
The defendants were sent to the Delaware County Prison on $500,000 bail. Preliminary hearings were scheduled for Oct. 27.
Jeff Johnson, a spokesman with the Attorney General's Office, said Friday that an initial investigation had been conducted by the U.S. Postal Inspection Service. Once the case was referred to the AG's Office, the office conducted a thorough review of the facts before filing charges, he said.
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