Police Seek To ID Suspect In Queens Phone Store Armed Robbery
NEW YORK (CBSNewYork) - Police are seeking help identifying an armed suspect who they say robbed a phone store in Queens on Saturday.
According to police, a man waving a black firearm came into RSK3 Wireless on 142-21 Rockaway Boulevard in South Jamaica on Jan. 19 around 8:30 p.m.
The armed man and demanded cash and merchandise from the 28-year-old employee behind the counter. After taking multiple cell phones and about $850 in cash, he fled the store.
No one was injured in the encounter.
Anyone with information in regard to this incident is asked to call the NYPD's Crime Stoppers Hotline at 1-800-577-TIPS (8477) or for Spanish, 1-888-57-PISTA (74782). People can also submit tips by logging onto the CrimeStoppers website at WWW.NYPDCRIMESTOPPERS.COM, on Twitter @NYPDTips or by texting their tips to 274637 (CRIMES) then enter TIP577.