The U.S. Postal Service must “restore confidence” in its leadership after failing to address a rise in armed robberies of letter carriers, Chicago-area lawmakers say.
A man is robbing Chicago mail carriers at gun point, and they are not his final victims.The U.S. Postal Service must "restore confidence" in its leadership after failing to address a rise in armed robberies of letter carriers, Chicago-area lawmakers say.
The letter was signed by Sens. Dick Durbin and Tammy Duckworth, and U.S. reps. Mike Quigley, Sean Casten and Jan Schakowsky. for themselves, leaving victims with empty checking accounts while they wait months for their banks to process the theft.Some residents of Chicago's Edgebrook neighborhood say their checks are being stolen out of a mailbox, erased and re-written for astronomical sums. Nate Rodgers reports.
This is the second letter the lawmakers have sent to USPS flagging violence toward letter carriers. In July, they wrote Postmaster General Louis DeJoy and received a response last week from the U.S. Postal Inspection Service explaining that they created a task force to address the crime.
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