USPS mail carriers robbed for postal keys across the Chicago
A dozen postal workers were robbed at gunpoint across Chicago during March and April, and the thefts could affect your mail service.
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A dozen postal workers were robbed at gunpoint across Chicago during March and April, and the thefts could affect your mail service.
The robberies happened in the afternoon and evening hours during the months of March and April.
The method is simliar each time: A group of one to three men wearing dark clothes and ski masks approaches a mail carrier, armed with guns, demanding the US postal keys, which is a kind of master key that unlocks some blocks of mailboxes.
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Investigators said at 1:03 p.m. Monday, Feb. 13, the men robbed the letter carrier at 748 S. Francisco Ave., near Polk Street, in the East Garfield Park neighborhood.
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The latest robbery happened at 2:32 p.m. Monday, March 20, in the alley behind 6400 block of North Hoyne Avenue in West Rogers Park.
It has happened over and over again – and the consequence is your mail goes missing, while mail carriers feel they cannot do their jobs safely. CBS 2's Sabrina Franza reports.
At last count, we have found five separate attacks on letter carriers in the past two weeks. None of the assailants have been caught. CBS 2's Sabrina Franza reports.
Anyone wanting to learn more about jobs at the USPS has multiple opportunities this week.
Anyone wanting to learn more about jobs at the United States Postal Service (USPS) has multiple opportunities this week.
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Police say two Black males wearing dark clothing and ski masks entered the parked vehicles and took containers of mail and packages.
Investigators say two armed men approach mail carriers on the street and demand the keys, then they run away from the scene.
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