Men rob post office of money orders
PASADENA -- Two masked and armed men robbed a Pasadena post office of money orders Wednesday, authorities said.
The crime occurred about 10 a.m. at the U.S. Post Office, 1355 North Mentor Ave., Pasadena police Lt. Tom Delgado said.
The robbers were described as black men who both wore masks similar to those made popular by the 1996 horror movie, "Scream," the lieutenant said. One wore a red hooded sweat shirt, and the other wore a black hooded sweat shirt.
Both robbers were armed with stainless steel handguns, he added.
"Once inside the post office, they encountered one postal worker and demanded money orders," Delgado said.
They robbers did not ask for cash or anything else, he added. "They were specific about money orders."
The frightened employee turned over several blank money orders, he said, and the gunmen were last seen fleeing on foot.
According to the U.S. Postal Service, Postal Money Orders can be made for amounts up to $1,000 each.
The crime occurred about 10 a.m. at the U.S. Post Office, 1355 North Mentor Ave., Pasadena police Lt. Tom Delgado said.
The robbers were described as black men who both wore masks similar to those made popular by the 1996 horror movie, "Scream," the lieutenant said. One wore a red hooded sweat shirt, and the other wore a black hooded sweat shirt.Both robbers were armed with stainless steel handguns, he added.
"Once inside the post office, they encountered one postal worker and demanded money orders," Delgado said.
They robbers did not ask for cash or anything else, he added. "They were specific about money orders."
The frightened employee turned over several blank money orders, he said, and the gunmen were last seen fleeing on foot.
According to the U.S. Postal Service, Postal Money Orders can be made for amounts up to $1,000 each.
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Sorta weird, in the past stolen, blank money orders were immediately sent out of the country to be copied, filled in and distributed in foreign country, takes months to discover they are counterfeit.
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