Crime & Safety
Bed-Stuy Realty Firm Robbers Still Loose Week Later
One man whipped out a gun and told Massada Home Sales employees to hit the floor, cops said. They walked away with 3 watches and $120 cash.
BED-STUY, BROOKLYN — More than a week after two men walked into Massada Home Sales, a realty firm in Bed-Stuy, threatened four employees to hit the floor, and robbed them of hundreds of dollars worth of valuables, the two criminals are still on the loose, cops confirmed to Patch.
The two men on Thursday, Dec. 29 at around 5:30 p.m. entered the realty firm, one man whipped out a gun and yelled at the employees to hit the ground. The two men walked away with $120 in cash and three watches from the four employees, the NYPD said. The men were able to flee the scene of the incident, at 389 Nostrand Ave., and their whereabouts were still unknown on Friday, police said. There were no injuries.
Cops described the first man, who whipped out the gun, as black, in his early 20's, 5'9'', and last seen wearing a dark winter jacket with a hood and a ski mask covering his face. Police described the second suspect as black, and he was last seen wearing a red baseball cap, grey sweatpants, and red sneakers.
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Anyone with information in regards to this incident is asked to call the NYPD's Crime Stoppers Hotline at 800-577-TIPS or for Spanish 1-888-57-PISTA (74782). You can also submit you tips by logging onto the Crime Stoppers Website at WWW.NYPDCRIMESTOPPERS.COM or texting you tips to 274637(CRIMES) then enter TIP577. All calls are strictly confidential.
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Police released these surveillance photos of the suspects soon after the incident:



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