A man accused of stealing a Mercedes-sized haul of mail from an Abbotsford, B.C., post office has lost an attempt at making a COVID-19-based bid for bail. His past demonstrates poor complicance with court orders," Brown said in remanding Richard to custody pending trial. Tracked to a tractorThe circumstances of the case suggest that while COVID-19 is changing almost every aspect of normal life, the threat of fraud through mail theft remains the same. Richard and another man are accused of ransacking the storage area of a postal outlet at the end of April. Police allegedly found 420 pieces of mail belonging to 268 people in the back of a black Mercedes with a temporary operator's permit.

Source: CBC News May 12, 2020 23:48 UTC