Crime & Safety
Thieves Nab $120K Audemars Piguet Watch In LIC Garage Attack
A crew of robbers attacked a Long Island City man and took his $120,000 Audemars Piguet watch, according to police and an NBC4 report.
LONG ISLAND CITY, QUEENS — A crew of robbers attacked a Long Island City man last week and made off with his $120,000 Audemars Piguet watch, according to police and a news report.
The robbery unfolded Thursday about 10:15 p.m. in a garage near Center Boulevard and 48th Avenue, a police spokesperson said.
The man told NBC4 New York a group of men came up to him as he was getting out of his car, clubbed him in the back of the head and told him to hand over his watch.
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The robbers raced away in a gray Nissan Maxima and are still at large, according to the police.
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