A United States Postal Service letter carrier was robbed Wednesday in an East Oakland neighborhood, authorities said.
Shortly after 10:20 a.m., the letter carrier was working in the 4100 block of Keller Avenue when a man approached him on foot and simulated having a gun before demanding the carrier’s mailbox keys. The carrier complied, handing over the keys, and the man fled the area.
According to Matt Norfleet, a postal inspector with the U.S. Postal Inspection Service’s San Francisco division, mailbox keys have consistently been theft targets, as they allow thieves to steal mail and other items from mailboxes. Norfleet said Wednesday’s robbery joins about thirty open cases within the last year.
Reports that a similar letter-carrier robbery happened around 4:15 p.m. last Saturday in the 1200 block of East 21st Street with a suspect simulating a gun could not be immediately confirmed late Wednesday. Anyone with information may call U.S. Postal Inspection Service dispatchers at 877-876-2455. Information shared will be kept confidential, and reward money is available in multiple cases.
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