HIALEAH, Fla. - Police are searching for a man who hit a postal worker in the head Thursday morning and stole her keys and a necklace.
The mail carrier, a 47-year-old woman, was filling a group of mailboxes in an apartment complex at West 12th Street and Second Avenue when a gunman approached her.
Police said the man hit the mail carrier in the head with his gun and stole her mailbox keys and a gold chain from her.
The robber got into a green four-door Toyota or Honda and left. Police believe the robber may have had an accomplice because he got into the passenger side of the car.
Paramedics treated the postal worker, who was bleeding from a gash on her head. She was alert and talking, and she was taken to a hospital.
Officers were interviewing witnesses at the scene of the robbery. They do not yet have a description of the robber.
Several attacks on postal workers have been reported in the past few months in Miami-Dade County. Two people were arrested last month in connection with the robberies of postal workers in northern Miami-Dade County. Two female mail carriers were robbed in
North Miami, and another was robbed in Miami Gardens. Police said they do not believe the suspects were working together in those cases.
Investigators said that in each case, the mail carriers were robbed of their keys. Police said thieves often use the master keys to get into mailboxes and steal letters in order to commit identity theft.
Postal inspectors plan to overhaul the way carriers access personal mailboxes to thwart temptation, but they admit the process is not a quick fix. U.S. Postal Inspector Blad
Rojo said that it will take time and resources to make the new keys, "but it is a priority for the Postal Service."
Last year, mail carrier Bruce Barton was killed in a robbery. Two men were arrested in that crime in May
The mail carrier, a 47-year-old woman, was filling a group of mailboxes in an apartment complex at West 12th Street and Second Avenue when a gunman approached her.
Police said the man hit the mail carrier in the head with his gun and stole her mailbox keys and a gold chain from her.
The robber got into a green four-door Toyota or Honda and left. Police believe the robber may have had an accomplice because he got into the passenger side of the car.
Paramedics treated the postal worker, who was bleeding from a gash on her head. She was alert and talking, and she was taken to a hospital.
Officers were interviewing witnesses at the scene of the robbery. They do not yet have a description of the robber.
Several attacks on postal workers have been reported in the past few months in Miami-Dade County. Two people were arrested last month in connection with the robberies of postal workers in northern Miami-Dade County. Two female mail carriers were robbed in
North Miami, and another was robbed in Miami Gardens. Police said they do not believe the suspects were working together in those cases.
Investigators said that in each case, the mail carriers were robbed of their keys. Police said thieves often use the master keys to get into mailboxes and steal letters in order to commit identity theft.
Postal inspectors plan to overhaul the way carriers access personal mailboxes to thwart temptation, but they admit the process is not a quick fix. U.S. Postal Inspector Blad
Rojo said that it will take time and resources to make the new keys, "but it is a priority for the Postal Service."
Last year, mail carrier Bruce Barton was killed in a robbery. Two men were arrested in that crime in May