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By Beacon Journal staff
POSTED: 04:14 p.m. EST, Feb 27, 2009
An Akron mail carrier was robbed this morning on the city's west side.
The robber took an undetermined amount of mail at 11:30 a.m. near Noble and Stadelman avenues.
The incident is being investigated by Akron police and the U.S. Postal Inspection Service, said Akron Police Lt. Rick Edwards, public information officer.
Authorities are searching for a black man between 30 and 40 years old. He is between 5 feet 7 and 5 feet 8 inches tall and weighs between 125 and 150 pounds. He was wearing light-colored sunglasses, a black or brown leather coat, black hooded sweat shirt, blue jeans and a dark baseball cap.
Anyone with information is asked to contact the Police Department at 330-375-2490.
An Akron mail carrier was robbed this morning on the city's west side.
The robber took an undetermined amount of mail at 11:30 a.m. near Noble and Stadelman avenues.
The incident is being investigated by Akron police and the U.S. Postal Inspection Service, said Akron Police Lt. Rick Edwards, public information officer.
Authorities are searching for a black man between 30 and 40 years old. He is between 5 feet 7 and 5 feet 8 inches tall and weighs between 125 and 150 pounds. He was wearing light-colored sunglasses, a black or brown leather coat, black hooded sweat shirt, blue jeans and a dark baseball cap.
Anyone with information is asked to contact the Police Department at 330-375-2490.
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Akron, Oh
Posted 04:33 PM, 02/27/2009
Any chance my mail is in there?
I wonder what zip codes that mail carrier delivers?
Posted 05:03 PM, 02/27/2009
I wonder if he'll finish the route.
Posted 05:04 PM, 02/27/2009
I wonder what he got out of this?
Some bills???
I doubt he can afford them.
Posted 05:04 PM, 02/27/2009
I figured it out
It's the same guy who robbed the bank, he just created a diversion.
Clever!
Posted 05:24 PM, 02/27/2009
You're stooping pretty low when you have to rob a mail carrier. Doubt the guy ever finished 5th grade! Probably wouldn't know what to do with the mail once he got it anyway!
Funtown, OH
Posted 05:48 PM, 02/27/2009
I hope he will pay my bills.
Seminole, FL
Posted 05:53 PM, 02/27/2009
Marc: personal information he can sell...unfortunately..
AKRON, OH
Posted 05:55 PM, 02/27/2009
OK - GOTTA TELL YOU - THIS WAS FIRST CLASS STUPID.
THE LAST PERSON YOU WANT TO MESS WITH IS A MAIL CARRIER. 3 DAYS TOPS BEFORE WE KNOW WHO THIS DUMMY IS.
AKRON, OH
Posted 06:39 PM, 02/27/2009
The robber took an undetermined amount of mail at 11:30 a.m. near Noble and Stadelman ave.........perhaps someone had an income check in there...I hope APD gets whomever did it. Go get a job loser
rootstown, oh
Posted 06:48 PM, 02/27/2009
a black suspect-really?
WADSWORTH, OH
Posted 06:51 PM, 02/27/2009
hey chin nuts-why havent you posted on this one yet-too busy eatin your fried chicken or did you go in for your chin tuck as earlier reported?
Low life scumbag needs his richard stuck in the dirt
akron, oh
Posted 07:11 PM, 02/27/2009
NO WAY, ARE YOU SERIOUS??? WHAT ON EARTH WILL HE ACCOMPLISH FROM THIS? TAKING MAIL, WHAT IS HIS POINT?
akron, oh
Posted 07:14 PM, 02/27/2009
WITH THE WHY ITS GOING, WE ALL NEED TO TAKE THE RIGHT TO CARRY CLASS. AND BY THE WAY...(THIS ONLY APPLIES TO DRUG FREE PEOPLE)
akron, oh
Posted 07:18 PM, 02/27/2009
sassymom - as someone earlier mentioned... much of the mail may have personal information in it.
The point is - identity theft, impersonation, various types of fraud.
Akron, Oh
Posted 07:30 PM, 02/27/2009
SSI checks were in there to, hopefully they catch him and he dont go to the arab stores and cash those checks
WADSWORTH, OH
Posted 07:49 PM, 02/27/2009
Lowrider-send out a few snipers and use the mailman as bait at the end of each month...
BLAM=brain jello left to be claimed by there mommas
akron, oh
Posted 09:39 PM, 02/27/2009
must be desperate for a prison reservation??????
Posted 10:33 PM, 02/27/2009
Here is the rest of the story. The guy was just laid off from a good paying job and applied for a post office job. He was denied. He knows that he can deliver mail faster than the others out there who are slacking off until retirement. So, he took the mail, resorted it, and delivered it to all of the houses in half the time of the current carrier. He went back to the post office and explained what he did. They hired him on the spot! In these hard times, one must be creative in how that can show prospective employers thier skills.
Akron, Oh
Posted 10:52 PM, 02/27/2009
I'm glad knowone was hurt but this smells funny...wasn't the truck locked, was a gun involved, where was the carrier, did the robber take the carrier's bag or bag(s) off the truck? C'mon just what really did happen? Does the carrier know?
Akron, , OH
Posted 11:50 PM, 02/27/2009
how low can they go???
Hood tax----- many would close the hood, for good.
You all know who your are.
Posted 11:08 AM, 02/28/2009
Jabarten
I know lol I was expressing sarcasm!!!
All he has to do is take any check to the arabic convenient store and now he has some crack money.
cuyahoga falls, oh
Posted 02:00 PM, 02/28/2009
again, where was Mimi?
cuyahoga falls, oh
Posted 02:00 PM, 02/28/2009
very suspicious Mimi...
akron, oh
Posted 02:44 PM, 02/28/2009
ZIPPED97...no i dont believe this, its not how it works.
Akron, Oh
Posted 03:17 PM, 02/28/2009
It's the first of da monthhhhhhhhhhhhh. It's the first of da monnthhhhhh. I always hated that song. LMAO!!
Akron, Oh
Posted 03:53 PM, 02/28/2009
I would just like to say to all the people commenting on this.. I personally know the mail carrier that was involved. I can assure you that he was in no way involved. He was uncomfortable with the location he worked in but did it anyways to feed his family. He tried to return to work today and was too tramatized from yesterdays events... so please take it for exactly what it is... a good hard working man got robbed by a low-life scum of the earth crackhead.
Posted 04:24 PM, 02/28/2009
didn't even need to read article to know the guy was black. just like the 4 in cleveland
akron, oh
Posted 04:36 PM, 02/28/2009
I AM RIGHT HERE ZIPPY AND THIS MORNING I WAS TOO BUSY PUTTING WEAVE IN YOUR WIFES HAIR AT MY HAIR SALON PROFESSION THAT YOU MADE UP!! WOW ZIPPY WE CAN TELL HOW HAS A LIFE AND WHO DOESNT. I BELIEVE THAT WAS ZIPPY THAT ROBBED THE MAIL CARRIER LOOKING FOR FREE SAMPLES OF " BIG DEBBIE SNACK CAKES" WALK A FEW MILES IDIOT
Akron, Oh
Posted 04:38 PM, 02/28/2009
Well I guess "pwilson" your moving out of Ohio, right?
If not, STFU and continue being that one white person that doesn't commit a crime in Akron..
Akron, oh
Posted 08:30 PM, 02/28/2009
This is step one in what will turn out to be a massive identity theft scam. Everybody on that route needs to put warnings on their CBR's and probably cancel accounts and get new numbers.
The guy is an idiot. But the people that paid him pennies to steal the mail are not.
akron, oh
Posted 01:34 AM, 03/01/2009
why's everything got to be racial?
ignorant prejudiced white guys
your comments don't add anything to the conversation. they just add fuel to the steryotype. i'm white, but your 19th century mentality is an embarressment to everyone in the akron area.
akron, oh
Posted 12:32 PM, 03/01/2009
Agree with Reality - good idea to pay more attention to accounts and such.
Posted 12:59 PM, 03/01/2009
Noble and Stadelman. Imagine that!
