Bed-Stuy Robbers Squeak Away With Cell-Phone Store Speakers: NYPD

BED-STUY, BROOKLYN — A supposed group of music lovers stole three speakers from a Bed-Stuy cell phone store Monday afternoon before riding off on a moped, police said.

At around 4:45 p.m., three men robbed a Metro PCS store on Nostrand Avenue and Fulton Street, police said.

A store worker told police that three men entered the store and stole three JBL-branded speakers, striking one of the employees on the head multiple times causing substantial pain and minor swelling, police said.

The suspects fled west on Fulton Street riding a moped, police said, and the investigation is ongoing.

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