CHEEKTOWAGA, N.Y. — There is now a federal case against three men accused of stealing the mail while police were watching.
Mail theft is a growing problem here and across the country with postal workers at risk in some cases as we’ve seen in Western New York.
While the U.S. Postal inspectors and police would not go on camera Wednesday to talk about this case, the letter carriers union is sounding off. David J. Grosskopf, Jr. is the President of Branch 3/Western New York of the National Association of Letter Carriers.
“We’re not going to stand for this. If you do this there’s going to be a severe price to pay,” Grosskopf said.
His reaction to news that three men have been arrested on federal mail theft and conspiracy charges facing up to a maximum five years in prison. They are identified as 32-year-old Michael Robinson, 26-year-old Lamor Runell Bolden, and 24-year-old Antonio Jones, Jr.
All three suspects were released with conditions and are due back in court.
