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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 carrier was working his route in Northeast DC when he was approached by two suspects and robbed at gunpoint.
- On Friday, July 1, a suspect approached a carrier around 10:30 a.m., flashes a gun and demands property, then flees in a black sedan. Twenty mintes later, a similar incident occurred.
- The first on Friday took place at 10:30 a.m. in Wheaton, Maryland, where a suspect approached a letter carried, brandished a firearm and demanded property before fleeing in black sedan, possibly an Infiniti.
- Then, around 11:25, a third carrier was approached in Northwest DC. He was struck in the chin, authorities said. The suspect took off in a black Mercedes.
- The fourth incident happened in Columbia, MD, around 1:30 p.m. that day.
A reward of up to $50,000 was being offered for anyone with information leading to an arrest.
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