Crime & Safety
Two Men In Ski Masks Rob Mail Carrier For His Ring Of Keys In Millburn: Police
Two men demanded the mail keys from a postal worker in Millburn, "then threatened to rough him up for them," police said.
MILLBURN, NJ — The Millburn police said Monday that two men in ski masks threatened a mail carrier, then stole his ring of mail keys a little over a week ago.
Police say that on Saturday, May 13, at 3:27 p.m., Millburn Police Officer Dundon responded to Walnut Avenue on a report of a robbery of a postal employee.
A mail carrier told him that two males wearing black ski masks and dark clothing approached him on the front lawn of a Walnut Avenue residence and demanded his postal keys, "then threatened to rough him up for them."
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The mail carrier ran to try to escape them, but the pair "were able to catch up to him and push him to the ground," police said. "The actors [suspects] then wrestled with the victim and removed the postal keys from his belt loop."
They were seen leaving in a silver Mercedes Benz sedan, police said.
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The victim suffered minor injuries, police said.
The incident is being investigated by the Millburn Detective Bureau.
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