Baker City man pleads guilty to assaulting mail carrier in 2024

BAKER CITY — A Baker City man accused of hitting a letter carrier in the head with the stock of a BB gun in Baker City nearly two years ago has pleaded guilty to one count of assault on a federal employee using a dangerous weapon. Randy Warren Kahn, 50, has been in federal custody since he was arrested in December 2024. Kahn, who initially pursued an insanity defense but earlier this year withdrew that defense, was in a federal mental health treatment center in Missouri for several months in 2025 and 2026. Kahn pleaded guilty on Oct. 21, according to federal court records. He has not been sentenced, according to records. The maximum sentence is 20 years in federal prison and a fine up to $250,000, according to the plea agreement. Kahn admitted that on Dec. 14, 2024, in south Baker City he fired a shot from a BB gun when mail carrier Junya Uemura was delivering packages to Kahn’s home.

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