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Detectives Seek Public’s Help to Identify Suspect Who Assaulted a U.S. Postal Service Letter Carrier; Composite Released

For Immediate Release: Friday, April 21, 2017

Detectives from the Montgomery County Police Department – 5^th District Investigative Section and Postal Inspectors continue to investigate the March 15 assault of a U.S. Postal Service letter carrier that occurred while she was delivering mail in the Damascus area.  Today, investigators are releasing a computer-created composite of the suspect and are asking for the public’s help to identify him.

On March 15 at approximately 12:10 p.m., 5^th District officers responded to the 9400 block of Holsey Road for the report of an assault that had just occurred.

The investigation by detectives determined that the adult female victim, who is a letter carrier and was operating a U.S. Postal Service mail truck, was delivering mail in the 9400 block of Holsey Road when the male suspect approached her while she was in the truck.  The suspect asked the victim if she had a package for an address on Holsey Road.  After the victim told the suspect that she did not have a package for that address, the suspect again told the victim to give him the package and reached into the mail truck.  The victim attempted to roll up the truck’s windows and was assaulted by the suspect when he used an unknown object to cut the sleeve of the jacket that she was wearing.  The victim, who was not injured in the assault, drove the mail truck away from the suspect and contacted the police.

The suspect is described as a white male in his late teens or early twenties.  He has dark hair, wears glasses, and has a medium build.  He was last seen wearing a knit cap.

Anyone who recognizes the suspect or has information about this assault is asked to call the 5^th District Investigative Section at 240-773-6237.

The U.S. Postal Inspection Service is offering a reward of up to $50,000 for information leading to the arrest and conviction of the person responsible for this crime.  Anyone who has any information regarding this individual or this crime is urged to contact Postal Inspectors at 877-876-2455.  Information may be provided online at www.uspistips.com, or via text: “USPIS” plus your tip to: TIP411 (847411).

RLG

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Release ID: 17-112
Media Contact: mcpnews 
Categories: assault