Blue Island mail carrier robbery: $25k reward offered for information

The suspects approached the postal worker about 4 p.m. April 11 in the 12000 block of South Artesian Avenue, officials said.

A U.S. Postal Service employee was robbed April 11, 2020, in the 12000 block of South Artesian Avenue in Blue Island.

Federal authorities are asking the public for information about three people who robbed a mail carrier this month in south suburban Blue Island.

The suspects approached the postal worker about 4 p.m. April 11 in the 12000 block of South Artesian Avenue, according to a statement from the U.S. Postal Inspection Service. Two of them held him down while the third entered a mail van and took mail, packages and personal items.

The suspects, described as males wearing face masks, got into a gray Jeep and drove away westbound on 120th Street, officials said.

The postal inspection service is offering a reward of up to $25,000 for information leading to the arrest and conviction of the suspects.

Anyone with information is asked to call 877-876-2455 and reference case 3034426.

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Mail carrier robbed in Blue Island; reward offered

The suspects approached the postal worker about 4 p.m. April 11 in the 12000 block of South Artesian Avenue, officials said.