Lufkin Teen Sentenced for Shooting of Postal Worker
Posted/updated on: October 22, 2015 at 12:12 pm
LUFKIN (Staff/AP) – A Lufkin teenager has been sentenced to seven years’ probation for shooting a postal worker in the leg as she delivered mail last fall. That’s according to KETK. 17-year-old Jaylon Carroll Wortham could have received up to 10 years in prison. The Lufkin Daily News reported earlier that Wortham pleaded guilty to assault in July in a plea deal. Lufkin police say Lindsey Guthery was wearing a U.S. Postal Service uniform when she was shot last November while walking her route. She was treated for a wound to her left leg. Wortham initially denied targeting the carrier and told police he used an air rifle to shoot at a bird or a squirrel. Wortham, who was tried as an adult in the felony case, pleaded guilty to assault against a government employee.
