now norfleet also suggests keeping an eye out for your mail carrier because they are delivering your mail. >> but never confront a criminal. >> the males important, everybody values it but nothing compares to human we don't want to see anybody get injured, trying to protect the mail you know, more than he's already happened. >> for information about male crimes, the postal inspector service does offer rewards up to $50,000 and you can contact them. 24 hours a day at 8, 7, 7, 8, 7, 6, 24. 55 in the newsroom. dan thorn kron. 4 news. >> thank dan. that a child is one of the 2 victims hurt in a shooting tonight happened in oakland just before 7.30, on 38th avenue near lyon avenue. police say they found the child and another person with gunshot wounds. they're both hospitalized in stable condition. no word on a suspect at this point. citizen app video shows the scene of a deadly shooting today in san francisco's tenderloin happened about 6 tonight near golden gate avenue and hyde street witnesses say they saw the suspect running off. a woman who lost her home in the tubbs fire in 2017 is

norfleet says it's been difficult to prevent the robberies, but mailbox break-ins can be prevented if people clear their mailboxes every day. the burglaries usually happen late or in the overnight hours these are going to come back to the places where >> they've been successful, stealing mail before. so by by keeping that now out of the mailbox will keep it out of the hands of mail. thieves and will make it last desirable. 2 point of view that point a gun at a letter carrier to try to get the keys to that. now norfleet also suggests keeping an eye out for your mail carrier because they are delivering your mail. >> but never confront a criminal. >> the males important, everybody values it right. nothing compares to human we don't want to see anybody get injured, trying to protect the mail you know, more than he's already happened. >> and that was dan thorn reporting for us this morning for information about male crimes. the postal inspector service does offer rewards of up to $50,000. you can get in touch with them. 24 hours a day at 877-876-2455. and we're learning a child was among o

norfleet says it's been difficult to prevent the robberies, but mailbox break-ins can be prevented if people clear their mailboxes every day. the burglaries usually happen late or in the overnight hours these are going to come back to the places where >> they've been successful, stealing mail before. so by by keeping that now out of the mailbox will keep it out of the hands of mail. thieves and will make it last desirable. 2 point of view that point a gun at a letter carrier to try to get the keys to that. now norfleet also suggests keeping an eye out for your mail carrier because they are delivering your mail. >> but never confront a criminal. >> the males important, everybody values it right. nothing compares to human we don't want to see anybody get injured, trying to protect the mail you know, more than he's already happened. >> was dan thorn reporting for us this morning for information about male crimes. the postal inspector service does offer $50,000 reward. >> all right, 10 35 the time ups. union workers, by the way, asking for better wages and better benefits ahead of their p

now norfleet also suggests keeping an eye out for your mail carrier because they are delivering your> the males important, everybody values it but nothing compares to human we don't want to see anybody get injured, trying to protect the mail you know, more than he's already happened. >> well, that was dan thorn reporting for us for information about mill crimes. the postal inspector service does offer a reward of up to $50,000. on the south. man is facing several charges for allegedly holding a woman hostage 5 and a half hours in milpitas. the standoff started around 3 saturday afternoon at the hillview court apartments. this is east calaveras and 6 ad. police say they were originally called out for a domestic dispute. officers say they heard a fight and they try to force their way in the door was barricaded with appliances after several hours, that man was persuaded to let that woman go. police identified him as gabriel ramirez. he's now facing several charges, including assault in an officer and false imprisonment. well, a caltrain hit and killed a person in santa clear that crash

now norfleet also suggests keeping an eye out for your mail carrier because they are delivering your> but never confront a criminal. >> the males important, everybody values it but nothing compares to human we don't want to see anybody get injured, trying to protect the mail you know, more than he's already happened. >> that was dan thorn reporting for us this morning. yeah, for information on male crimes, the postal inspector service does offer rewards of up to $50,000. so just keep that in mind. it's 6.35, in the south bay. a man faces charges for holding a woman hostage for 5 and a half hours in a standoff in milpitas. this standoff started around 3 in the afternoon on saturday at the hillview court apartments. that's awesome off over east cal harris and 6 ad police were originally called for a domestic dispute. when they got there, they heard a fight. they tried to force their way in. but the door was barricaded with appliances after several hours, the man was persuaded to left the women go woman, go free and police arrested gabriel ramirez. he now faces several charges, includin

now norfleet also suggests keeping an eye out for your mail carrier because they are delivering your> but never confront a criminal. >> the males important, everybody values it right. nothing compares to human we don't want to see anybody get injured, trying to protect the mail you know, more than he's already happened. >> for information about male crimes, the postal inspector service does offer rewards up to $50,000. you can contact them 24 hours a day at 8, 7, 7, 8, 7, 6, 24 55. for your help. tonight, the town of youngsville is alerting residents of a precautionary boil water. notice town officials say e-coli was detected in the water supply on thursday. the town's leaders are cautiously optimistic. i'm forgetting their first negative set of a test results. but it was the first of 3 tests that need to to make sure that there's no e-coli in the water. in the meantime, the town is offering potable water at the youngsville fire station as this notice continues. and a different health advisory in contra costa county after a dead bird tests positive for west nile virus. it's the first

now norfleet also suggests keeping an eye out for your mail carrier because they are delivering youralues it but nothing compares to human we don't want to see anybody get injured, trying to protect the mail you know, more than he's already happened. >> well, that was dan thorn reporting for us this morning for information about male crimes. the postal inspectors service does offer a reward of up to $50,000. so something good to 7.37. and the south bay, a man faces charges for holding a woman hostage for 5 and a half hours in milpitas and >> keeping police at bay. the standoff started around 3 in the afternoon on saturday at the hillview court apartments off of the east calaveras and 6.80, police were called for a domestic dispute. when they got there, they heard a fight. they tried to force their way into the apartment, but the door was barricaded with appliances after several hours, the man was persuaded to let the woman go and police ended up arresting gabriel ramirez. 2 men were arrested outside of san mateo club, a nightclub last night because they went back with a rifle and thr

norfleet says it's been difficult to prevent the robberies, but mailbox break-ins can be prevented if people clear their mailboxes every day. the burglaries usually happen late or in the overnight hours these are going to come back to the places where >> they've been successful, stealing mail before. so by by keeping that now out of the mailbox will keep it out of the hands of mail. thieves and will make it last desirable. 2 point of view that point a gun in a letter carrier to try to get the keys to that. now norfleet also suggests keeping an eye out for your mail carrier because they are delivering your mail. >> but never confront a criminal. >> the males important, everybody values it but nothing compares to human we don't want to see anybody get injured, trying to protect the mail you know, more than he's already happened. >> that was dan thorn reporting for us. if you have information about male crimes, the postal inspector service does offer rewards up to $50,000. speaking of mail, the clock is ticking as the deadline for ups to reach a new contract nears the teamsters which rep

open. >> in last week's robbery, norfleet says the goal was to steal the keys and the keys have one well, they have one legitimate purpose, which is to deliver the mail and that the only other thing you can do with them is steal mail. postal keys were at the center of an investigation involving 3 women who are accused of stealing thousands of pieces of mail in san pablo, fake documents including fake checks, stolen credit and debit cards, home loans and bank deeds were all recovered. >> norfleet says it's been difficult to prevent the robberies, but mailbox break-ins can be prevented if people clear their mailboxes every day. the burglaries usually happen late or in the overnight hours these are going to come back to the places where >> they've been successful, stealing mail before. so keeping that now out of the mailbox will keep it out of the hands of mail. thieves and will make it last desirable. 2 point of view that point a gun in a letter carrier to try to get the keys to that. now norfleet also suggests keeping an eye out for your mail carrier because they are delivering your

norfleet says it's been difficult to prevent the robberies, but mailbox break-ins can be prevented if people clear their mailboxes every day. the burglaries usually happen late or in the overnight hours these are going to come back to the places where >> they've been successful, stealing mail before. so by by keeping that now out of the mailbox will keep it out of the hands of mail. thieves and will make it last desirable. 2 point of view that point a gun in a letter carrier to try to get the keys to that. now norfleet also suggests keeping an eye out for your mail carrier because they are delivering your mail. >> but never confront a criminal. >> the males important, everybody values it but nothing compares to human we don't want to see anybody get injured, trying to protect the mail you know, more than he's already happened. >> well, that was dan thorn reporting for us this morning. if you have any information about who stealing mail or postal keys, contact the postal inspector service because they're offering rewards of up to $50,000. it's 9.36, in the south bay. a man faces charge

now norfleet also suggests keeping an eye out for your mail carrier because they are delivering your but never confront a criminal. >> the males important, everybody values it but nothing compares to human we don't want to see anybody get injured, trying to protect the mail you know, more than he's already happened. >> that was dan thorn reporting for us this morning for information about male crimes. the postal inspector service does offer rewards of up to $50,000. so. if you know of something, what i'm not. >> time now is 8.37. in the south bay man faces charges accused of holding a woman hostage in holding police at bay for 5 and a half hours in milpitas. this standoff started about 3 saturday afternoon at the hillview court apartments off of east calaveras and 6.80, police got a call of a domestic dispute when they got there. they heard a fight and tried to force their way into the apartment. but it was barricaded with appliances in front of the door after several hours, the man was persuaded to let the woman go and police ended up identifying him arresting him and identifying hi

it is another day in the life of matthew norfleet, a u.s. postal inspector. >> we are responding to a report of a letter carrier robbed here in this pleasant neighborhood, nice part of town. these robberies are happening all over the place. >> reporter: they have to react immediately. he says in this case, four men robbed a postal worker while delivering the mail. they stole her postal master key. >> reporter: we will start looking around and talking to anybody in the neighborhood, talking to who we can. i am here at the usps building in richmond, the place where several investigators are looking into an increasing number of robberies in the bay area. >> postal inspectors investigate over 200 federal crimes related to the safety of the mail, but the most important thing we do is work to protect the safety of postal workers while they are working. >> reporter: matt says this is not a new crime but is becoming more common because of dark web sales. >> these are counterfeit postal keys. these may or may not work in a mailbox in any community. t

matthew norfleet is the osteosetal inspectorworking the case and he says thieves steal the keys and then sell them on the dark web. >> these are counterfeit postal keys and these may or may not work in a mailbox. in -- any community. the person selling it to you is just trying to make a profit selling it and don't necessarily care how good they are. >> reporter: back on gemini court margaret says robbery put everyone on edge. now the neighbors are making a point to keep lockout for the mail carrier every time they stop by. >> everybody here know what happened and we're keeping ability eye on the mail people. you know, they're pretty important. they don't need this. want them to be safe. [ laughter ] >> reporter: now the postal inspector is asking for the public's help in this. they are asking anyone who knows anything about any of these incidents to please contact their office. they say that it's a crime just to possess one of these paster keys and even if it's not used for an additional crime. >>> thanks. all right, the time now is 5:10 in the morning. a new debate over tackling homeles

matthew norfleet is the postal inspector working the case and he says thieves steal the keys and then sell them on the dark web. >> reporter: as an example, this is the kind of ting that people will sell on the dark web. these are counterfeit postal keys and these may or may not work in a mailbox. in -- any community. the person selling it to you is just trying to make a profit selling it and don't necessarily care how good they are. >> reporter: back on gemini court, margaret says the robbery has put everyone on edge. now the neighbors are making a point to keep a lookout for the mail carrier every time they stop by. >> everybody here knows what happened and we're keeping an eye on the mail people. you know, they're pretty important. they don't need this. we want them to be safe. [ laughter ] >> reporter: now the postal inspector is asking for the public's help in this. they are asking anyone who knows anything about any of these incidents to please contact their office. they say that it's a crime just to possess one of these master keys, even if it's not used for an additional crime