Belleville Convenience Store Robbed at Gunpoint

A thief made off with $2,000 after robbing a Newark Avenue convenience store at gunpoint last week. 

On April 17, a man entered the Belleville News & Food Store shortly after 2:30 p.m and demanded that the employees give over “all the money," Belleville police said. 

According to a police report, the robber is a black male approximately 6'1, wearing a black t-shirt and blue jeans and carrying a silver handgun.  Police say that footage from the store’s surveillance camera shows the suspect wore sleeves over his arms. The sleeves are often worn to conceal tattoos. 

Police said the suspect took $2,000 in cash from the register before fleeing in a black Honda Accord.