Federal Rewards Offered After Two Bay Area Postal Worker Attacks

A series of assaults on Bay Area postal workers has led federal investigators to promise $150,000 rewards for information in each case. The latest episode occurred on July 30 at the San Bruno Post Office, where a suspect assaulted an employee and fled with four tubs of mail, later seen loading them into a silver Lexus RX350 while wearing a New York Yankees cap. Surveillance footage was released, and San Bruno police cautioned that mail from the facility or its collection boxes, possibly including those in South San Francisco, could be at risk, advising customers to watch for unauthorized financial activity.

Earlier, on July 27, a postal employee returning from a break at the Estudillo Station Post Office in San Leandro was approached from behind and punched in the face before the assailant walked away. The U.S. Postal Inspection Service issued images of a person of interest and warned the public not to intervene. Both attacks are being treated as robberies targeting high-value mail, not as politically motivated actions, and the federal agency is seeking tips that could lead to arrests and convictions.