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FRESNO, Calif. (KFSN) -- An alarming emergence successful attacks connected postal workers successful Fresno.
It started past Thursday with a brazen equipped robbery successful a Central Fresno neighborhood, a transgression captured connected a doorbell camera. The gunman remains connected the tally aft stealing the missive carrier's keys, wallet, and phone.
Another battle Tuesday progressive 2 teens who constabulary accidental attacked a carrier. Fresno Police person made 1 apprehension successful transportation with the assault, arsenic they proceed searching for a 2nd suspect.
And connected Wednesday, yet a 3rd frightening confrontation. Police accidental a homeowner pulled retired a container cutter, and the message bearer took retired capsicum spray.
"It could beryllium our neighbor, it could beryllium our relative, truthful it is bad," says JC, Fresno resident.
Police accidental each of these investigations stay ongoing involving not lone Fresno PD, but besides the Federal U-S Postal Inspection Service.
"I don't recognize what's going on, but decidedly it's wrong. These are postal workers. They're conscionable doing their job," says JC, Fresno resident.
ARMED ROBBERY CAUGHT ON CAMERA
Last Thursday, a antheral wearing each achromatic approached a missive bearer with a gun, past walked disconnected with his phone, wallet, and message keys.
The fishy is inactive connected the run, past seen connected Hammond Avenue adjacent Fruit.
The U.S. Postal Inspection Service the pb bureau connected the lawsuit tells Action News investigators judge the keys whitethorn person been the motive.
"That is often the motivation. That is what robbers instrumentality usually from missive carriers erstwhile they're connected their routes. I privation to punctual radical that there's nary crushed to person a postal cardinal but to present mail, truthful if you're not a missive carrier, you shouldn't person one. In fact, it is simply a national transgression to adjacent person a postal cardinal without authorization," says Matthew Norfleet, U.S. Postal Inspector.
VIOLENT ATTACK, ONE TEEN ARRESTED
Then days later, different battle successful wide daylight.
This 1 adjacent Marks and Saginaw Way.
Two suspects attacked, leaving the bearer 'dazed' with trouble breathing, on with insignificant scratches.
Fresno Police accidental a fifteenyearold is present successful custody, facing charges including attempted robbery and battle utilizing force. The different fishy remains astatine large.
"Your vicinity is wherever your message bearer comes to work. Their occupation is physically and mentally demanding. They are carrying a dense sack. They locomotion miles and miles a day, and they're trying to work the message arsenic they spell and get each that message retired arsenic rapidly arsenic they perchance can," says Norfleet.
BRANDISHED BOX CUTTER ON POSTMAN
And past the pursuing day, different confrontation.
A bearer utilized capsicum spray connected a canine that was trying to leap a obstruction adjacent Maroa.
Investigators accidental the dog's proprietor followed and confronted the postal employee, and pulled retired a container cutter, the message antheral again grabbed his capsicum spray. But ultimately, they were capable to de-escalate, cipher was hurt, and nary charges were filed.
Each lawsuit raises questions surrounding information for these national frontline workers, galore of whom enactment unsocial successful the field.
"They conscionable aren't capable radical for them to treble up. Certainly, postal inspectors are acrophobic astir this. We person ever been acrophobic astir it, but erstwhile thing similar this happens, past there's accrued absorption connected it," says Norfleet.
The Postal Inspection Service does person a reward acceptable for anyone who has accusation that could pb to arrests connected immoderate of these cases, they accidental up to $150,000.
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