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A federal jury found a former University of New Mexico Lobos football player guilty of robbing a mail carrier at gunpoint in 2022 after less than two hours of deliberation.

The conviction was made public on Monday.

Rashawn Boyce, 28, was convicted of robbing a postal carrier, stealing a key belonging to the U.S. Postal Service and being a prohibited person in possession of a firearm. He faces up to 10 years in prison.

Boyce is being detained at the Milan-based Cibola County Correctional Center. A news statement from the U.S. Attorney District of New Mexico states that there is no planned date for sentencing. According to the report, he is also accused of trafficking meth inside the prison. Later in the year, there will be a trial.

According to the U.S. Attorney’s office, on Jan. 18, 2022, near Louisiana and Central, Boyce and his co-defendant, Marquae Kirkendoll, 23, of Chicago, pulled a mail carrier from his truck and “slammed” him to the ground.

According to the press announcement, the carrier stated that both individuals demanded his keys with a pistol to his head before a neighbor stepped in to mediate. Boyce and Kirkendoll escaped in their vehicle.