4 USPS letter carriers robbed, large rewards being offered

DENVER — Four U.S. Postal Service letter carriers have been held up and robbed since Sept. 25. On Wednesday, USPS offered large rewards for information that leads to arrests.

The first robbery took place around 1 p.m. Sept. 25 in the 1600 block of Chester Street in Aurora. A suspect pulled a firearm and robbed the letter carrier before getting in a blue sedan and leaving the area, USPS said. 

The second robbery happened five days later in Denver’s Hale neighborhood. USPS said a man robbed a carrier at around 2:45 p.m. in the 800 block of North Cherry Street. 

About 5:40 p.m. Oct. 30, another letter carrier was robbed in the Washington Park neighborhood. Officials said the carrier was robbed in the 600 block of South Emerson Street. The suspect walked north on South Emerson after robbing the carrier, USPS said. The car in the wanted poster was seen in the area before the robbery occurred and may have been involved, USPS said.

A fourth robbery happened on Halloween about 6:30 p.m. in the Central Park neighborhood. A suspect robbed a letter carrier in the 2200 block of Valentia Street. The white car in the below wanted poster may have been involved in the robbery, USPS said.

In all of the cases, the descriptions of the suspects was vague and did not meet 9NEWS’ standards for posting.

Anyone with information on any of the cases is asked to call the U.S. Postal Inspection Service at 1-877-876-2455 and then say law enforcement.

The case number for the Chester Street robbery is: 4309628-ROBB.

For North Cherry Street the case number is: 4393750-ROBB.

For South Emerson Street: 4416342-ROBB.

For Valentia Street: 4416391-ROBB.

Up to $150,000 reward is being offered in each case.