Pawtucket Postal Worker Abducted At Gunpoint: Report

PAWTUCKET, RI — A U.S. Postal Service worker says that on June 1, he was abducted at gunpoint and forced into a Chrysler 300 outside a Division Street apartment complex.

Court documents procured by WPRI-TV suggest that the abduction may be linked to a narcotics operation that involved packages shipped from Puerto Rico to various addresses in Rhode Island.

According to the criminal complaint, masked assailants accused the postal worker of tampering with a package delivery and drove the worker to his home. Upon learning that the worker did not have his keys, he was returned unharmed to Division Street.

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Within the complaint, U.S. Postal Inspector Richard Atwood states that in recent weeks, packages were shipped from Puerto Rico to addresses in Pawtucket, Providence, Cranston, and Johnston. Investigators said each of the packages was linked in some way to an Edgar Antonio Medina. Police inspected some of the packages and allegedly found narcotics.

Medina was arrested, as were two suspects named Andres Garay and Ronald Hall. Police found the Chrysler 300, searched it, and found masks, a hat, batons, pepper spray, and a stun gun.

When police searched Medina's home, they found marijuana, brass knuckles, pepper spray, and and paperwork relevant to the postal deliveries.

The three suspects have extensive criminal records. Read the whole story at WPRI.com.