{"id":1433918,"date":"2022-04-12T18:44:34","date_gmt":"2022-04-12T22:44:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1433918"},"modified":"2022-04-12T18:44:38","modified_gmt":"2022-04-12T22:44:38","slug":"usps-suspending-mail-deliveries-in-california-neighborhood-after-repeated-assaults-on-mail-carriers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/usps-suspending-mail-deliveries-in-california-neighborhood-after-repeated-assaults-on-mail-carriers\/","title":{"rendered":"USPS Suspending Mail Deliveries In California Neighborhood After Repeated Assaults On Mail Carriers"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">26<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fusps-suspending-mail-deliveries-in-california-neighborhood-after-repeated-assaults-on-mail-carriers%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1433918&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/dw-wp-production.imgix.net\/2022\/04\/USPS.jpg?w=1200&#038;h=800&#038;ixlib=react-9.3.0\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\" alt=\"image\" \/><\/div>\n<p>The United States Postal Service is suspending mail deliveries in one California neighborhood because of repeated assaults on mail carriers.<\/p>\n<p>Santa Monica Postmaster Marjorie Watson sent a letter to residents at the 1300 block of 14th Street in Santa Monica after several mail carriers were assaulted by an unknown individual.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis letter is to provide you notice that\u2026 delivery service is hereby suspended to all addresses located on the 1300 block of 14th Street, Santa Monica,\u201d the letter reads, per a photograph obtained by the <a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2022\/04\/11\/mail-carriers-assaulted-in-santa-monica-causing-delivery-suspension\/\">New York Post<\/a>. \u201cThis is unfortunate, but please be advised that the Postal Service does not enter into decisions to suspend service lightly. Multiple carriers have been subjected to assaults and threats of assault from an individual who has not been located or apprehended. The safety of our employees and of the mail they deliver to you is our highest concern. Until we can ensure the safety of both, delivery services will remain suspended.\u201d The letter says that residents can pick up mail from a Post Office facility nearby.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cFor the safety of our employees, we have had to temporarily suspend delivery of mail to these customers,\u201d USPS spokeswoman Natashi Garvins told the New York Post on Monday. \u201cThis is an unusual, but necessary step to protect our employees.\u201d Garvins further told <a href=\"https:\/\/ktla.com\/news\/local-news\/usps-suspends-services-in-santa-monica-neighborhood-citing-attacks-on-carriers\/\">KTLA Los Angeles<\/a> that three different letter carriers were assaulted in three separate instances on the same block, but Santa Monica Police said that only one police report has been filed in the neighborhood.<\/p>\n<p>The lone reported incident took place on January 19, when a resident attacked a mail carrier with a broomstick. The carrier suffered a minor arm injury that did not require medical attention, and declined to press charges against the individual, Santa Monica Police Lieutenant Erika Aklufi said in a statement to KTLA.<\/p>\n<p>Lt. Aklufi further told the New York Post that the suspect is a man who \u201cis known to our officers and also to the mail carrier he attacked,\u201d but said police were unable to locate any other reported assaults in the area.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIf there were other incidents of USPS mail carriers being attacked, we were unable to locate additional reports,\u201d Aklufi said. \u201cWithout speaking to the postmaster, it will be difficult to know the extent of this issue. I have never heard of the Postal Service suspending service for all residents in a neighborhood.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Aklufi also said that the officers who responded to the incident contacted the United States Postal Inspection Service to provide information in case they decided to follow up, but she did not know if the USPIS did so.<\/p>\n<p>Garvins told The Post that the USPIS is investigating all three incidents, but Santa Monica police officials said they were not contacted in connection with those probes. Officials with the USPIS told The Post that they were \u201cunable to comment further at this time\u201d because the investigation is ongoing.<\/p>\n<p>Postal workers in Chicago expressed similar concerns in 2020, threatening to stop delivering mail to some neighborhoods in the city\u2019s south and west sides after a mail carrier was shot while delivering mail in the Burnside neighborhood, as The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/chicago-mail-carriers-threaten-to-stop-delivering-mail-if-city-fails-to-control-violence\">Daily Wire<\/a> reported at the time. Another carrier was shot in the back of the head earlier that year, and another was hit by a paintball gun. The attacks led postal workers to urge crackdowns on gun violence.<\/p>\n<p><em>The Daily Wire is one of America\u2019s fastest-growing conservative media companies for breaking news, investigative reporting, sports, podcasts, in-depth analysis, books, and entertainment for a reason: because we believe in what we do. We believe in our country, in the value of truth and the freedom to speak it, and in the right to challenge tyranny wherever we see it. 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