Postal carrier threatened, robbed by 2 men in Brooklyn

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Friday, November 11, 2022
Mail carrier robbed while at work in Brooklyn
A mail carrier was robbed while at work in Sheepshead Bay, Brooklyn on Thursday.

SHEEPSHEAD BAY, Brooklyn (WABC) -- Police are searching for the men who robbed a postal carrier in Brooklyn Thursday afternoon.

Officials said the worker was standing on East 24th Street in Sheepshead Bay around 3:15 p.m.

Two men approached the worker, threatened to use a firearm, then stole his mail carrier.

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The suspects got away in a U-Haul that didn't have a license plate.

The mail carrier wasn't injured.

The investigation is ongoing.

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