Postal officials on Monday said they are determined to break up a criminal ring that they say is targeting mail carriers in two East Bay cities.
and Emeryville that began last year. Oakland's Postmaster says mail carriers have reported increases in robberies, assaults and break-ins while they are on the job."Well just in the last several months, from the locks being shot out of the back of the LLVs [long-life vehicles] to people jumping out of cars and putting guns in our letter carriers faces, it's been really bad," said Edward Fletcher, President of the National Association of Letter Carriers, Chapter 1111.
Lucia Broughton is a disabled retiree. She is frustrated because her mail has been weeks late or not delivered at all. "Carrier says, 'We'll it's something that's known at all the offices. We're getting robbed for mail and our keys, and also our vehicles are being stolen,'" Broughton said. Fitch doesn't know why these mail carrier robberies are happening more and more. He said attractive items move through the mail system all the time
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