A former University of New Mexico football player has been found guilty of robbing a U.S. mail carrier and faces up to 10 years in prison, authorities announced Monday.
Prosecutors announced that Rayshawn Boyce, 28, of Albuquerque, was also convicted by a federal jury of stealing a U.S. Postal Service key and being a prohibited person in possession of a firearm.
A sentencing date for Boyce has not yet been scheduled.
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Prosecutors said Boyce and a co-defendant forced a mail carrier out of his truck in the International District in January 2022 and demanded his keys at gunpoint before a neighbor who witnessed the altercation intervened.
Boyce fled the scene, and authorities later executed a search warrant on Boyce’s apartment, confiscated two semi-automatic guns and a revolver, and arrested him.
Mr. Boyce has pleaded not guilty. His attorney did not immediately return a message seeking comment.
Boyce, who transferred to New Mexico from a junior college in California, appeared in eight games for the Lobos as a linebacker in 2017.
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He was suspended by the team in 2018 for allegedly assaulting his ex-girlfriend. Mr. Boyce pleaded guilty and was sentenced to five years’ probation.