CHICAGO - A Chicago man pleaded guilty this week to the kidnapping of a U.S. Postal Service employee in Little Village back in 2022.

Cesar Ramirez, 47, pleaded guilty to aggravated kidnapping and was sentenced to 15 years in prison, according to the U.S. Postal Inspection Service.

The backstory:

The charge stemmed from the incident on Oct. 22, 2022, when postal inspectors responded to a report of an assault and kidnapping of a letter carrier.

The on-duty, uniformed letter carrier drove a marked USPS vehicle to a gas station in the 2800 block of S. Pulaski Avenue. While inside the convenience store, Ramirez entered the USPS vehicle and hid in the back.

When the carrier returned to the vehicle, Ramirez said, "Drive or I will kill you!" She drove to a nearby parking lot, as instruc

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