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Terrifying Armed Robbery Spree Targets Mailmen Across DC, Maryland Terrifying Armed Robbery Spree Targets Mailmen Across DC, Maryland
Terrifying Armed Robbery Spree Targets Mailmen Across DC, Maryland Six United States Postal Service mail carries were robbed at gunpoint and assaulted in the spans of two days across Washington DC and Maryland, officials said. The suspects made off with "a wide variety of items that the postal service provides their carriers to do their jobs on a daily basis" along with personal property, according to USPIS spokesman Michael Martel. The suspects struck the mail carriers in most cases before they fled, Martel said. A motive was not clear. The first robbery happened around 12:55 p.m. Thursday, June 30 in Takoma Park. About half an hour later, a mail c…

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by Cecilia Levine
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Thief In Backwards Backpack Robs Westfield Wheaton Mall Jewelry Store At Gunpoint: Police Thief In Backwards Backpack Robs Westfield Wheaton Mall Jewelry Store At Gunpoint: Police
Thief In Backwards Backpack Robs Westfield Wheaton Mall Jewelry Store At Gunpoint: Police Detectives are looking to the public to help identify the two men -- including one who had a backpack on backward -- who robbed a jewelry store at the Westfield Wheaton Mall at gunpoint. One of the suspects walked directly to a specific jewelry display case in Grand Jewelers, broke the glass top of the display with a screwdriver, and removed a tray of jewelry around 3:10 p.m. on Dec. 31, Montgomery County police said. The other suspect stayed by the entrance of the store and pointed a black semi-automatic handgun at the employees One of the suspects was carrying a green and yellow backpack…

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by Cecilia Levine