FORT LAUDERDALE — Regulation enforcement is looking for two suspects who robbed a mail provider and took a universal important that can be utilized to open numerous mailboxes on a postal route.
A reward of up to $50,000 was being presented by the U.S. Postal Support for facts foremost to the arrest and conviction of the two suspects.
The carrier, who was not identified, was not damage throughout the incident, which occurred around 11:30 a.m. at Sherman Circle South and Bernard Boulevard just west of University Push.
Investigators explained the suspects did not demonstrate a weapon for the duration of the robbery, and the pair drove away from the scene in a white car.
U.S. Postal Inspector Bryan Masmela informed CBS4’s Peter D’Oench, “The carrier did not observe them with a weapon. She was startled but she was not harm. She was providing mail all over 1115 in the morning when she observed two men and women driving her and she turned all over and they asked for her home and they took her postal home which was a common crucial.”
Masmela stated, “Unfortunately, criminals do use the postal crucial to retrieve objects of benefit in the mail and that is a concern correct now that they did steal that essential from her which suggests they have entry to specified mailboxes in the area. We are also worried simply because regretably in the past month, we have observed far more provider robberies and we are seeking to stem that. We do choose these instances pretty severely and we will be arresting these individuals at some position and we are out there investigating.”
Officers have not stated how a lot of mailboxes can now be accessed from the common important that was stolen by the suspects.
An assault on a federal personnel is punishable by a prison sentence of up to 25 several years.
Everyone with facts about the criminal offense was requested to contact postal investigators at 877-696-5322.
Suitable now there is only a imprecise description of the suspects who took off in a white auto. So considerably investigators have not listened to from any witnesses or identified any valuable surveillance tape.
If you are concerned about your mail, Masmela has some advice.
“Keep examining your mailbox for your mail and if you are expecting tax files or just about anything of value or social protection checks or credit rating cards, be on the lookout for them and if they do not arrive, speak to your monetary establishment or other firms that send out them and talk to if they have been mailed.”
