Crime & Safety
Man Steals Lotto Tickets From Long Island City Gas Station: NYPD
A man broke into a Long Island City gas station and made off with scratch-off lottery tickets and cash, according to the police.
LONG ISLAND CITY, QUEENS — A man broke into a Long Island City gas station and made off with scratch-off lottery tickets and cash, according to the police.
The robber used a rock to break through the front door of the ExxonMobil at 35-15 Greenpoint Ave. about 1 a.m. on Thursday, March 27, police said.
He nabbed $200 and an unknown number of lotto tickets, then fled.
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The NYPD on Tuesday released a surveillance image of a suspect wanted for questioning.
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). The public can also submit their tips by logging onto the Crime Stoppers website at WWW.NYPDCRIMESTOPPERS.COM, or on Twitter @NYPDTips.
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