USPIS offers reward after postal worker was robbed in broad daylight in Lincoln Park
CHICAGO (CBS) -- The U.S. Postal Inspection Service is offering a $50,000 reward for information leading to the arrest and conviction of the men who robbed a mail carrier on Ashland Avenue on the western edge of the Lincoln Park community.
The robbery happened in broad daylight Wednesday.
At 11:30 a.m. Wednesday, the 35-year-old mail carrier was standing outside in the 2500 block of North Ashland Avenue, near Altgeld Street, when two men came up and robbed him at gunpoint. The mail carrier complied and handed over his belongings.
It is not clear what the robbers took, but we know robbers have been targeting carriers for their master keys in recent months.
The USPIS said the robbers fled in a dark-colored Kia sedan with tinted windows.
One of the robbers was described as a Black male with medium brown complexion, standing about 5 feet 10 inches tall and wearing a black hooded sweat shirt, black jeans, and a face mask.
The other was described as a Black male with light brown complexion, standing about 6 feet tall and wearing a dark-colored jacket with a black hooded sweat shirt, black jeans, wheat-colored boots, and a face mask.
The USPIS said the suspects should be considered armed and dangerous.
Anyone with information should contact the USPIS at (877) 876-2455.
Area Three detectives are also investigating.