A 42-year-old man accused of mail theft tried to escape arrest by swinging off the 13th floor of his Pearl District apartment onto a stranger’s balcony a floor below, then escaping through that unit, down the stairs and out of the building, a federal prosecutor said.
Postal inspectors found Michael John Peters on Tuesday, a day later, and arrested him on allegations of mail fraud.
Assistant U.S. Attorney William Narus described Peters’ alleged crime as an “egregious” mail theft case…