Post Office robberies connectedBrazosport Facts, TXBy Erin mckeon BRAZORIA — A mail truck driver loading his truck was robbed and locked in the vestibule at the Brazoria Post Office in an incident officials say is similar to a robbery that happened a week earlier. Postal Inspections Office spokeswoman … More: continued …
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