Postman ‘tries to run over ten-year-old boy after mistaking him for parcel thief’

William White Jr is accused of trying to run over a 10-year-old boy he thought was stealing a package (Pictures: (Picture: Florida Highway Patrol/WEAR)

A postal worker in the US allegedly drove his van at a 10-year-old boy after wrongly assuming he’d stolen a parcel.

William White Jr. was charged with aggravated assault with a deadly weapon, petit theft and criminal mischief in connection with the incident days earlier, on December 27.

White, employee of the US Postal Service (USPS)...