Mission Viejo Man Convicted in Post Office Takeover-Style Robbery

A federal jury in San Diego Thursday convicted an Orange County man of robbing a Rancho Bernardo post office.

According to evidence presented at trial, Scott Howard Kimball of Mission Viejo was disguised from head to toe when he entered the post office on Bernardo Center Drive on Jan. 21, brandishing what appeared to be a pistol.

The robber ordered customers and employees to the floor and demanded cash from the registers of three clerks, according to prosecutors.

Kimball was identified as the robber when investigators eventually located the getaway vehicle in Gardena and traced it to him.

The 49-year-old defendant will face a maximum 20-year prison term and a $250,000 fine when he is sentenced Jan. 29.

--City News Service