A thief pistol-whipped a USPS postal worker on a street in the Bronx and demanded that she open the federal office, from which he took more than $112,05 dollars, reported the New York police.
The worker of 56 years ago I was in front of the post office on Castle Hill Avenue near Powell Avenue in the Unionport neighborhood shortly after 7 a.m. Tuesday, when the suspect approached her from behind and hit her in the head with a pistol, according to the NYPD.
He then demanded that she open the federal office and a safe located indoors. The thief stole about $57,000 dollars in cash and an unknown number of money orders before absconding , detailed New York Post.
Surveillance footage from nearby businesses shows the robbery was planned, as the suspect’s white van pulled up in front of the post office around 5: 20 am and stayed there.
About 7 am the victim and her husband are seen arriving in their car and parking across the street. The man then escorted the employee to the door before returning alone to her vehicle.
The suspect dressed in black and with a gun in his right hand runs towards the worker seconds later. The employee’s husband, seeing that something is wrong, runs across the street and into the building, moments before the attacker runs out of the post office with the loot and flees in his getaway truck.
The US Postal Service confirmed the incident in a statement on Tuesday: “Approximately 7: 16 am this morning, Castle Hill Station, 1163 Castle Hill Ave., Bronx, NY, 10462-9991, was assaulted by an unknown individual. There were no injuries to employees or customers”.
“The Service The Postal Inspection is leading the investigation with the support of the New York police and the FBI to locate and arrest the individual responsible for this crime. If you have any information regarding this matter, please contact postal inspectors immediately at 212-330-5266”.
No arrests have been made. Anyone with information can also call 1-800-577-TIPS (8477) and in Spanish 1-888-57-CLUE (74782). Also through crimestoppers.nypdonline.org or by text message to 274637 (CRIMES), followed by TIP577. All communications are strictly confidential.
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