Mail carrier robbed in the Beltzhoover neighborhood of Pittsburgh

(File Photo of Police Siren Lights)

Noah Haswell, Beaver County Radio News

(Pittsburgh, PA) According to authorities, a U.S. Postal Service letter carrier was robbed yesterday morning in the Beltzhoover neighborhood of Pittsburgh. A spokesperson for Pittsburgh Public Safety confirms that the mail carrier was robbed on the 500 block of Climax Street around 10 a.m. The postal employee told police that a driver stopped in front of her, made verbal threats toward her and demanded her postal satchel and key. The spokesperson also noted that the suspect fled from the area in an unknown direction. Anyone with information about this incident can contact the U.S. Postal Inspection Service at 877-876-2455.