Federal authorities have arrested and charged two suspects in connection with a series of robberies of post offices and postal employees in central and Western Maine.
Emily Spera, a spokesperson for the U.S. Postal Inspection Service's Boston division, says that the incidents began early last week, when a post office in Paris was burglarized. Two days later, a post office in North Monmouth was also broken into. Two letter carriers in Lewiston were then robbed on Jan. 20 by someone carrying a knife.
The postal inspection service declined to release details of the two suspects. The agency says that a robbery of a post office or postal employee can carry a term of up to 25 years in prison.
