BOSTON (WHDH) - A police investigation got underway Friday after two postal workers were targeted in robberies in Dorchester.
One worker was robbed while the other was able to get away, investigators said. 7NEWS later spoke with the worker who got away.
“I’m good,” the mail carrier said before giving a 7NEWS camera a thumbs up.
Boston police said the first incident happened near 11:10 a.m. in the area of Mora Street. A suspect fled the scene had not been arrested as of around 11:30 a.m., according to police.
“The initial information is that one carrier was robbed, and an attempt was made to rob a second letter carrier,” said Assistant US Postal Inspector in Charge David Reardon in a separate statement.
“The Postal Service employees did not suffer any physical injuries and Postal Inspectors are working with local management to support the involved employees,” Reardon said.
Joseph Donald was on Fuller Street Friday morning when he said he saw an individual approach a mail carrier.
Donald said the thief asked the mail carrier to give him his postal box master key. Then, though, Donald said the thief got nervous and took off.
“He had a black outfit on, so I went around the corner, but I didn’t see him no more,” Donald said.
7NEWS cameras were rolling when the postal worker got into his car and was escorted to a Dorchester post office to meet with postal inspectors.
Reardon said authorities were “still in the early stages” of their investigation Friday afternoon. He further asked anyone with information to contact the Postal Inspection Service by calling 1-877-876-2455 and selecting Option 2.
Authorities have responded to multiple armed robberies of postal workers in recent months, including one in Nashua, New Hampshire earlier this month. In December of last year, Boston police said a person robbed a postal worker at gunpoint in the area of Talbot and Welles Avenue in Dorchester. Months earlier, police responded to other robberies in Medford and Mattapan in October, 2023.
Back in Dorchester, Latricia Stokes, who saw one of the crime scenes on Friday, shared her reaction.
“I just don’t understand why they would do that to him,” Stokes said.
“That’s not good for our community,” she continued. “I want to feel safe when I’m getting my mail or when the mailman comes. He should feel safe going to work.”
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