HICKSVILLE, N.Y. (1010 WINS) – A U.S. Postal Service inspector was slashed across his face and body at a Long Island post office as authorities arrested two New York City men accused of using a master key to steal from mailboxes, Nassau County police said.
The slashing happened at the post office on W. John Street in Hicksville around 4 a.m. Monday as USPS inspectors and police were investigating stolen mail at the location, police said.
During the investigation, two men pulled up in a BMW at the post office, where one of them entered the building and used a stolen USPS-issued master key to remove the contents of mailboxes, according to police.
Detectives and postal inspectors entered the post office and tried to arrest the man—identified as Romy Fabre, 26, of Queens—but he began to violently resist, police said.
Fabre used a sharp object to cut a postal inspector on his face and body, according to police, who said he was arrested following a brief struggle.
A second man inside the BMW—identified as Jahki Hawkins, 22, of the Bronx—complied with verbal commands, got out of the car and was taken into custody without further incident, police said.
The injured postal inspector was transported to an area hospital for treatment of lacerations to his eye, face, leg and arm, according to police.
Fabre faces a long list of charges, including assault, criminal possession of a weapon, resisting arrest, criminal tampering, criminal possession of stolen property and petit larceny.
Hawkins was charged with unlawful possession of personal ID, criminal facilitation and criminal possession of stolen property.
Both men were scheduled to be arraigned Tuesday, police said.
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