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Postal Worker Robbed at Gunpoint in Parking Lot of Billerica USPS Facility
Two men in a black Cadillac displayed a handgun and took a universal USPS master key, police said.
- On Thursday, July 30, two men robbed a United States Postal Service worker at gunpoint outside a facility on Brick Kiln Road in Billerica, Massachusetts, police said.
- The suspects specifically demanded an 'arrow key,' a universal master key letter carriers use to open collection boxes and apartment panels. Criminals typically use stolen keys to harvest mail for check fraud and identity theft.
- Two men in a black Cadillac displayed a handgun at 4:25 p.m. and fled toward Chelmsford Street on Route 110, according to Billerica Police Department officers. No injuries were reported during the encounter.
- Billerica Select Board Member Daniel Darris-O'Connor, witnessing the initial response, called the incident 'pretty traumatic.' He said, 'I have faith in our local police here and the federal authorities involved' as they investigate.
- The robbery is the latest in a series of similar incidents targeting postal carriers across Greater Boston. Billerica police and federal law enforcement partners are collaborating to identify the suspects and recover the stolen key.
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Police investigate armed robbery of USPS worker in Billerica
BILLERICA — Two men armed with a handgun robbed a U.S. Postal Service employee outside the Brick Kiln Road sorting facility late Thursday afternoon, taking an arrow key used to access secure mailboxes.
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