East Bay postal worker robbed at gunpoint, attacks continue in Bay Area
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A postal worker in the East Bay was held at gunpoint earlier this week, surveillance footage shows, and forced to give up her mailbox keys and cellphone. The video, published by KTVU, shows two masked men run up behind a U.S. Postal Service worker outside a residential mailbox, grab her and point a gun at her. The robbery happened Monday in broad daylight, at approximately 4:30 p.m., in Dublin near the cul-de-sac of Obispo Court, the Dublin Police Services said in a news release. The robbers...

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