U.S. Attorney charged five for stolen postal keys or mail.
The U.S. Attorney for the Northern District of Illinois charged five people with possessing stolen U.S. Postal Service keys and/or mail.
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The U.S. Attorney for the Northern District of Illinois charged five people with possessing stolen U.S. Postal Service keys and/or mail.
The federal charges were unsealed just days after the Chicago Sun-Times published stories outlining the rise of “check washing” in the city.
The stolen mail scheme involves criminals stealing mailbox keys from letter carriers, burglarizing mailboxes, erasing ink from checks and cashing them under...
According to prosecutors, the charges are a result of an ongoing federal investigation into thefts of postal keys and mail called “Operation Broken Arrow.”
Police said they found a man leaving the shop and getting into a moving van. Police said he crashed the van into a squad car, then lost control and smashed into a snowbank. From there, he tried to run, police said, but was caught by officers.