A thief who specialized in stealing mail or threatening postal workers to steal the keys to mailboxes and then stealing the items stored in them in wealthy neighbourhoods in the Washington area, including Virginia, Maryland, and Washington, D.C., has been caught.
According to an announcement from the Washington, D.C. federal court, Ibrahim Cruz (25, DC) has been stealing large amounts of mail from mailboxes in wealthy areas in Washington, D.C., Arlington, Virginia, and Bowie, Maryland since before December of last year, and has also committed robberies against postal workers.
Cruz also stole checks, credit cards, and ID information from the stolen mail, and used the money to pay off his debts or pay rent, utility bills, and cell phone bills.
Federal postal investigators and Metro police began investigating after receiving tips in December of last year, and identified and arrested the suspect through CCTV, SNS such as Instagram, and cell phone tracking.