Thieves target mail truck parked in Berkeley

It happened the same week a masked individual robbed a mail carrier on her route, taking all of her postal keys via threats of a gun.

Thieves broke into a mail truck parked in Berkeley last week, stealing mail while the carrier was busy making deliveries, authorities report.

The incident happened the same week a masked individual robbed a Berkeley postal worker on her route, taking all of her postal keys via threats of a gun.

U.S. Postal Inspector Matthew Norfleet, an agency spokesman, said the mail truck break-in took place July 17 at the corner of Roosevelt Avenue and Dwight Way in central Berkeley at about 11:40 a.m.