Arlington Heights police release new details of attempted robbery of postal worker
New details emerged Tuesday about the attempted robbery of a letter carrier over the weekend in Arlington Heights.
According to the police department report, the post office employee was standing at his truck at 3:05 p.m. Saturday on the 1300 block of West Campbell Street when he was approached by a suspect who demanded his master key.
The suspect had one hand inside his pocket, which led the letter carrier to believe he had a weapon, police said.
The postal worker yelled for help, and the suspect got into a dark-colored Kia vehicle and left the area, the report states.
Police described the suspect as a Black male, 20 to 25 years old, approximately 6 feet tall, with a thin build, wearing black pants, a blue sweatshirt and a ski mask.
Spencer Block, a spokesman with the U.S. Postal Inspection Service, said Tuesday the carrier was uninjured, and the investigation is ongoing.
The attempted robbery follows a string of similar crimes in Chicago in recent weeks and months. Chicago police reported a dozen armed robberies of letter carriers from March 7 to April 5, in which suspects threaten and demand keys that can access multiple mailboxes.