U.S. postal provider officials have sounded the alarm over at the very least six armed robberies on mail carriers that happened in Maryland and Washington, D.C., in excess of a two-day interval, according to a report.

"This alarming pattern demands to halt," U.S. Postal Inspection Company (USPIS) spokesman Michael Martel said at a push convention. "It is a unhappy state of things when it arrives down to robberies towards an individual that offers an vital support to our communities. But it’s happening in this article, and it’s bought to close." 

Declining to go into much too a great deal depth on a possible motive, Martel mentioned the suspects are using own assets as properly as "a large selection of items that the postal company gives their carriers to do their careers on a every day basis," nevertheless he does not believe that they have stolen any mail at this time. 

In all six gunpoint robberies that transpired in the D.C. metro space, suspects experienced brandished a firearm. In two of those situations, the carriers had been also assaulted and struck in the experience or head. Martel claimed none of the carriers were hospitalized and sustained only insignificant accidents that did not require further health care treatment. 

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4 robberies of postal assistance letter carriers occurred Friday in advance of the Fourth of July weekend. 

U.S. Postal Inspection Support (USPIS) spokesman Michael Martel showed an impression at a push conference of a black Mercedes believed to be the suspect motor vehicle in an armed theft on a mail provider in Northwest Washington, D.C. (U.S. Postal Inspection Service (USPIS))

The initial on Friday took position at 10:30 a.m. in Wheaton, Maryland, where by a suspect approached a letter carried, brandished a firearm and demanded property ahead of fleeing in black sedan, perhaps an Infiniti. 

Practically 20 minutes later, one more mail carrier was approached at gunpoint by a suspect who law enforcement mentioned demanded home and fled the scene in a automobile matching the exact same description. The suspect in both of those incidents was described as a Black male with a large-pitched voice, perhaps in his 20s, donning a black ski mask, all black garments and standing involving 5-foot-6 to 5-foot-8. 

At around 11:24 a.m. Friday, a suspect approached a mail carrier on his route in Northwest Washington, D.C., demanded residence, and assaulted the letter provider, hanging him in his chin, law enforcement mentioned. 

The suspect snatched house and fled the scene in a black Mercedes. 

The final incident that working day transpired at approximately 1:30 p.m. in Columbia, Maryland, where a suspect approached a letter provider, brandished a firearm and demanded property.

Clients exterior a US Submit Business office in Bethesda, Maryland on August 21, 2020. ((Photo by MANDEL NGAN/AFP by means of Getty Pictures))

The suspect in that incident was explained as a skinny Black male with a light-weight complexion, standing about 5-foot-9 and wearing a purple shirt. 

Yet another two robberies have been described Thursday. At 12:55 p.m., a postal service letter provider was providing together a route in Takoma Park, Maryland, when approached by two suspects who brandished a weapon, demanded assets and assaulted the provider. They then fled in a black sedan. 

USPS trucks sit at a U.S. Postal Provider (USPS) facility in Elkridge, Maryland, U.S., on Sunday, Aug. 16, 2020.  ((Photographer: Stefani Reynolds through Getty Images))

At 1:18 p.m., about two miles absent, a letter carrier was providing along a route in Northeast Washington, D.C., when approached by two suspects, who brandished a firearm and demanded property prior to fleeing the place. In that case, the provider was not injured, law enforcement said. 

The suspects in each incidents were being described as two youthful, slim Black males standing around 5-foot-8 to 5-foot-10 and donning ski masks. Just one was wearing a dim-coloured hoodie and denims and was armed with a black and silver handgun. The 2nd suspect was explained as sporting a black hoodie and jeans. The two were being mentioned to have fled the location in a black sedan. 

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Martel introduced a reward of up to $50,000 for facts foremost to an arrest, identification and prosecution of the folks associated. The amount of money is "considerable and displays the determination of the Postal Inspection Service to postal services letter carriers earning their rounds for us," Martel stated. 

The reward applies to each individual incident at this time, he added, and anyone with information and facts is requested to call postal inspectors by calling 877-876-2455.