LITHIA, Fla. – A postal worker who is accused of stabbing a lawn care worker in Lithia was let out of jail on Tuesday.
Mark Calloway, 60, was arrested on Friday, facing a charge of second-degree murder with a weapon. He is accused of stabbing and killing Jacob Whitaker, 29, after an argument over a parking position on the street.
“This happened over what?” a prosecutor said. “Blocked mailboxes.”
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The Hillsborough County Sheriff’s Office said Whitaker was in the FishHawk neighborhood doing lawn work at a home at the same time that Calloway was delivering mail on his regular route. A detective testified about what happened during the incident when Calloway appeared in court on Tuesday afternoon.
He said he spoke to the neighbor whose home Whitaker was coming to do lawn work at.
“She heard his pickup truck pull up,” the detective said. “Due to where her mailbox is placed in the …