Police have arrested an Auburn man accused of breaking into a post office in Paris, Maine and stealing mail and equipment.
According to the Sun Journal, police arrested 30-year-old Winston McLeod in Rumford on Monday. McLeod is charged in connection with a break-in at the post office on Tremont Street on Paris Hill between Jan. 13 and Jan. 14.
After his arrest, McLeod was picked up by authorities from the United States Postal Service Inspection Service and taken to a facility in New Hampshire.
He’s been charged with criminal mischief, burglary, violation of condition of release and theft by unauthorized taking or transfer.
Police say the investigation is related to the robberies of two mail carriers at knifepoint in Lewiston on Saturday. Another suspect has been charged in those robbers, but their name has not been released.
