{"id":18953,"date":"2017-04-05T18:17:32","date_gmt":"2017-04-05T23:17:32","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/postalemployeenetwork.com\/news\/?p=18953"},"modified":"2017-04-05T18:17:33","modified_gmt":"2017-04-05T23:17:33","slug":"photo-bronx-carjacker-that-shot-a-postal-employee-is-a-parolee-recently-arrested-for-three-other-crimes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/postalemployeenetwork.com\/news\/2017\/04\/05\/photo-bronx-carjacker-that-shot-a-postal-employee-is-a-parolee-recently-arrested-for-three-other-crimes\/","title":{"rendered":"Photo: Bronx Carjacker That Shot A Postal Employee Is A Parolee Recently Arrested For Three Other Crimes"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-18954\" src=\"https:\/\/postalemployeenetwork.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/Clarence-Brooks.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"383\" height=\"396\" srcset=\"https:\/\/postalemployeenetwork.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/Clarence-Brooks.jpg 383w, https:\/\/postalemployeenetwork.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/Clarence-Brooks-290x300.jpg 290w, https:\/\/postalemployeenetwork.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/Clarence-Brooks-30x30.jpg 30w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 383px) 100vw, 383px\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 30px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; outline: 0px; font-size: 17px; vertical-align: baseline; background: #fafafa; width: 600px; display: block; color: #333333; font-family: 'PT Serif', serif; font-style: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-color: initial;\">4\/5\/17 &#8211; A carjacker sporting a bullet-proof vest who shot a mailman in the Bronx is a parolee recently arrested for three other crimes, officials said Wednesday.<\/p>\n<p style=\"box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 30px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; outline: 0px; font-size: 17px; vertical-align: baseline; background: #fafafa; width: 600px; display: block; color: #333333; font-family: 'PT Serif', serif; font-style: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-color: initial;\">Clarence Brooks is accused of forcing an off-duty mailman out of his car at gunpoint on E. 232nd St. and Carpenter Ave. in Wakefield Tuesday afternoon.<\/p>\n<p style=\"box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 30px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; outline: 0px; font-size: 17px; vertical-align: baseline; background: #fafafa; width: 600px; display: block; color: #333333; font-family: 'PT Serif', serif; font-style: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-color: initial;\">As Brooks, 27, tried to speed off in the mailman\u2019s car, an on-duty postal worker blocked his escape, witnesses told police. Brooks firing wildly at the 30-year-old postal worker, grazing his arm.<\/p>\n<p style=\"box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 30px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; outline: 0px; font-size: 17px; vertical-align: baseline; background: #fafafa; width: 600px; display: block; color: #333333; font-family: 'PT Serif', serif; font-style: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-color: initial;\"><span style=\"color: #333333; font-family: 'PT Serif', serif; font-size: 17px; font-style: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: #fafafa; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-color: initial; display: inline !important; float: none;\">After crashing the stolen car, Brooks allegedly carjacked a woman\u2019s Nissan Pathfinder \u2014 but crashed into another vehicle, trapping himself in the crushed SUV. He had to blast out the window to get out as police approached and took him into custody.<\/span> Read more at <a href=\"http:\/\/www.nydailynews.com\/new-york\/nyc-crime\/bronx-carjacker-shot-postal-worker-wanted-parolee-article-1.3019842\">NY Daily News<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>4\/5\/17 &#8211; A carjacker sporting a bullet-proof vest who shot a mailman in the Bronx is a parolee recently arrested for three other crimes, officials said Wednesday. Clarence Brooks is accused of forcing an off-duty mailman out of his car at gunpoint on E. 232nd St. and Carpenter Ave. in Wakefield Tuesday afternoon. 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