A Providence mail carrier was threatened with a knife after confronting an alleged package thief on Monday afternoon.
The U.S. postal worker told police he had just dropped off a couple of packages on Belleview Street when he saw a man taking the parcels.
The postal worker told the suspect to put the packages back, but he pulled a knife and told the mail carrier to move, or he would be stabbed.
Police say the suspect fled the scene.
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