postal carrier

Postal carrier robberies climbed to 643 last year, an increase of nearly 30%, and the number of robberies resulting in injuries doubled to 61 last year, according to figures provided by the U.S.

Postal leaders and the letter carrier union were incensed when a federal judge in San Francisco last month sentenced a man who held a gun to a postal carrier’s head to just 30 days behind bars.

Attorney Kenneth Parker, whose district in southern Ohio dealt with growing postal carrier robberies.

Jeremiah Grant, a postal carrier in Oklahoma City, was held up in April 2022 by a man wearing a mask.

The United States Postal Service has said that depositing mail inside your local post office or handing it to a postal carrier is your safest bet.