{"id":27891,"date":"2019-12-27T11:44:26","date_gmt":"2019-12-27T16:44:26","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/postalemployeenetwork.com\/news\/?p=27891"},"modified":"2019-12-27T11:44:26","modified_gmt":"2019-12-27T16:44:26","slug":"chicago-letter-carrier-battles-would-be-thieves-trying-to-take-packages","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/postalemployeenetwork.com\/news\/2019\/12\/27\/chicago-letter-carrier-battles-would-be-thieves-trying-to-take-packages\/","title":{"rendered":"Chicago Letter Carrier Battles Would-Be Thieves Trying To Take Packages"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/w3.cdn.anvato.net\/player\/prod\/v3\/anvload.html?key=eyJtIjoiY2JzIiwidiI6IjQzMDk0ODUiLCJhbnZhY2siOiJEVnpsOVFSem94M1pac1A5Yk51NUxpM1g3b2JRT25xUCIsInNoYXJlTGluayI6Imh0dHBzOi8vY2JzbG9jLmFsLzJNeE85clkiLCJwbHVnaW5zIjp7ImNvbXNjb3JlIjp7ImNsaWVudElkIjoiMzAwMDAyMyIsImMzIjoiQ2hpY2Fnby5jYnNsb2NhbC5jb20ifSwiZGZwIjp7ImNsaWVudFNpZGUiOnsiYWRUYWdVcmwiOiJodHRwOi8vcHViYWRzLmcuZG91YmxlY2xpY2submV0L2dhbXBhZC9hZHM%2Fc3o9MngyJml1PS80MTI4L2Nicy5jaGkmY2l1X3N6cyZpbXBsPXMmZ2RmcF9yZXE9MSZlbnY9dnAmb3V0cHV0PXhtbF92YXN0MiZ1bnZpZXdlZF9wb3NpdGlvbl9zdGFydD0xJnVybD1bcmVmZXJyZXJfdXJsXSZkZXNjcmlwdGlvbl91cmw9W2Rlc2NyaXB0aW9uX3VybF0mY29ycmVsYXRvcj1bdGltZXN0YW1wXSIsImtleVZhbHVlcyI6eyJjYXRlZ29yaWVzIjoiW1tDQVRFR09SSUVTXV0iLCJwcm9ncmFtIjoiW1tQUk9HUkFNX05BTUVdXSIsInNpdGVTZWN0aW9uIjoiZmVhdHVyZWQifX0sImxpYnJhcnlSZXF1ZXN0ZWQiOnRydWV9LCJoZWFydGJlYXRCZXRhIjp7ImFjY291bnQiOiJjYnNsb2NhbC1nbG9iYWwtdW5pZmllZCIsInB1Ymxpc2hlcklkIjoiY2JzbG9jYWwiLCJqb2JJZCI6InNjX3ZhIiwibWFya2V0aW5nQ2xvdWRJZCI6IjgyM0JBMDMzNTU2NzQ5N0Y3RjAwMDEwMUBBZG9iZU9yZyIsInRyYWNraW5nU2VydmVyIjoiY2JzZGlnaXRhbG1lZGlhLmhiLm9tdHJkYy5uZXQiLCJjdXN0b21UcmFja2luZ1NlcnZlciI6ImNic2RpZ2l0YWxtZWRpYS5kMS5zYy5vbXRyZGMubmV0IiwiY2hhcHRlclRyYWNraW5nIjpmYWxzZSwidmVyc2lvbiI6IjEuNSIsInBhcmVudFBhZ2VVUkwiOiJodHRwczovL2NoaWNhZ28uY2JzbG9jYWwuY29tLzIwMTkvMTIvMjYvcG9zdGFsLXdvcmtlci1iYXR0bGVzLXdvdWxkLWJlLXRoaWV2ZXMtdHJ5aW5nLXRvLXRha2UtcGFja2FnZXMvIiwicGFyZW50VGl0bGUiOiJQb3N0YWwgV29ya2VyIEJhdHRsZXMgV291bGQtQmUgVGhpZXZlcyBUcnlpbmcgVG8gVGFrZSBQYWNrYWdlcyDigJMgQ0JTIENoaWNhZ28iLCJwSW5zdGFuY2UiOiJwMCIsInByb2ZpbGUiOiJjYnMiLCJjdXN0b21UcmFja2luZ1NlcnZlclNlY3VyZSI6ImNic2RpZ2l0YWxtZWRpYS5kMS5zYy5vbXRyZGMubmV0In0sImhlYWx0aEFuYWx5dGljcyI6e319LCJodG1sNSI6dHJ1ZSwidG9rZW4iOiJkZWZhdWx0In0%3D\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>CHICAGO (CBS) \u2014 A South Side postal worker likely saved some people\u2019s Christmases when he took down two suspected package thieves.<\/p>\n<p>And his quick actions were all caught on camera. CBS 2\u2019s Steven Graves has the video you\u2019ll see only on CBS 2.<\/p>\n<p>The cameras first catch two people sprinting near the corner of 81st and South Princeton in Chatham last Monday. Their target: A U.S. Postal Service worker\u2019s cart full of packages.<\/p>\n<p>It could have been a quick, swift theft. But as the video shows, three people with the debris surrounding them. They are the two suspects. One standing to the side, the other being tightly gripped by the postal worker.<\/p>\n<p>It went on for several minutes.<\/p>\n<p>People walk around and cars pull up. The mailman is even seen being dragged and still does not let go.<\/p>\n<p>At one point, one suspect goes to the home that\u2019s recording the surveillance video to ask for help.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe guy was I guess just walking around trying to help get the mailman off of his brother,\u201d said the resident who did not want to be identified.<\/p>\n<p>He did not let go for six minutes, until police arrived. One of the suspects caught with hands over head.<\/p>\n<p>The mailman was left bruised and battered. More at <a href=\"https:\/\/chicago.cbslocal.com\/2019\/12\/26\/postal-worker-battles-would-be-thieves-trying-to-take-packages\/\">CBS Chicago<\/a><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-27892\" src=\"https:\/\/postalemployeenetwork.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/Chicago-Mailman-Holds-Thief.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"434\" height=\"307\" srcset=\"https:\/\/postalemployeenetwork.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/Chicago-Mailman-Holds-Thief.jpg 434w, https:\/\/postalemployeenetwork.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/Chicago-Mailman-Holds-Thief-300x212.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 434px) 100vw, 434px\" \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>CHICAGO (CBS) \u2014 A South Side postal worker likely saved some people\u2019s Christmases when he took down two suspected package thieves. And his quick actions were all caught on camera. CBS 2\u2019s Steven Graves has the video you\u2019ll see only on CBS 2. The cameras first catch two people sprinting near the corner of 81st [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":27892,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6,72,3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-27891","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-breaking","category-theftandfraud","category-video-gallery","last_archivepost"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/postalemployeenetwork.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/27891","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/postalemployeenetwork.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/postalemployeenetwork.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/postalemployeenetwork.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/postalemployeenetwork.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=27891"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/postalemployeenetwork.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/27891\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":27893,"href":"https:\/\/postalemployeenetwork.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/27891\/revisions\/27893"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/postalemployeenetwork.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/27892"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/postalemployeenetwork.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=27891"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/postalemployeenetwork.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=27891"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/postalemployeenetwork.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=27891"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}