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Brazen robbery, kidnapping of postman

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    Tax fraud at bottom of Florida crime?

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Yes the care of -- -- -- specific.

And that's what the postal inspector in Tampa police believe Wednesday's race -- arms robbery and kidnapping of a post man is driven by tax fraud.

Intel was telling us that's what they're looking for in the -- -- the prepaid.

David cars that's who we think it was to -- -- you know related to -- we've gone from their.

-- done with other people's Social Security numbers.

And those checks and those preloaded cards they're still being sent to someone in the mail.

-- Andrea Davis says just because they were in the mail doesn't mean they were legit checks a lot of these people are getting rich very quickly.

From the tax -- the postman was sorting his mail here in this parking lot on -- -- street in his mail truck when he felt a gun to his side.

When he turned to look.

He put the gun to his head so obviously it's escalated this is something that is much more violence.

The suspect told him don't -- drive.

The government hung on to the side of the truck for almost two miles to the quarter Kodiak springs and nineteenth street where another man was waiting.

He grabbed the mail -- black backpack and to them -- now.

In several -- not two weeks ago thieves smashed a window and got two trays of mail while the carrier was out on his route.

Police don't know yet if the two incidents are connected -- being -- stolen from -- secure area.

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