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Postal Service offers up to $50K reward after employee is robbed in Salt Lake City
U.S. Postal Inspection Service officers say they’re in search of the person seen using a mud bike in reference to the theft of a U.S. Postal Service worker in Salt Lake Metropolis on Tuesday. (U.S. Postal Inspection Service)
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SALT LAKE CITY — U.S. Postal Service inspectors are providing a reward of as much as $50,000 for any info resulting in the arrest and conviction of an individual who robbed a postal service worker Tuesday morning.
The incident occurred outdoors of a submit workplace at 30 W. 900 South in Salt Lake Metropolis at about 11 a.m. Tuesday, in keeping with U.S. Postal Inspector Brook Robinson.
The person, a male, received inside a Postal Service automobile and began to take mail from it when a letter provider observed and walked after the person. The particular person dropped the mail and reached contained in the pocket of their hooded jacket and motioned as if they’d a gun, Robinson mentioned.
“He put his palms in his pockets and squared off with the letter provider. The letter provider put their palms up and (the person) walks away,” he mentioned.
The person left the scene with the mail. Robinson mentioned the letter provider was not bodily injured however was shaken up by the ordeal. It is unclear if the person had a gun; nevertheless, that menace continues to be a federal crime that can lead to a sentence of as much as 25 years in jail, he mentioned.
The person suspected within the case was seen fleeing the realm on a inexperienced and white Kawasaki filth bike, in keeping with the U.S. Postal Inspection Service, which posted a photograph of the person on a flier Wednesday.
The company says individuals mustn’t try to apprehend the person, however name the U.S. Postal Inspection Service at 1-877-876-2455 and reference case quantity 3967888.