Crime & Safety
Wanted: Man Suspected in Several Deli and Bodega Robberies
Police looking for suspect connected to four stickups in Bed-Stuy.
The New York Police Department is asking for the public's assistance in locating a man wanted for robbing four Bed-Stuy convenience stores in the past three months.
The first incident occurred at Seven and One Deli at 1521 Fulton St. on March 25 at around 9:58 p.m. The second took place at a bodega at 316 Franklin Ave. on April 30, followed by a May 2 stickup at another bodega at 301 Halsey St.
The latest incident occurred at Randy Deli on Willoughby Street on the night of May 18.
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Most of the incidents, , involved the suspect demanding cash and cartons of cigarettes while wearing a red bandana across his face and brandishing a gun.
Police released surveillance footage of the suspect at the scene of a June 24 robbery on 8th Avenue in Manhattan.
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Police described the suspect as a black or Hispanic male in his 20s or 30s, standing between 5-foot-6 and 5-foot-8, wearing a red hat, blue jeans, red sweatshirt and white bandana.
No injuries were reported in connection to any of the incidents.
Anyone with information in regards to this incident is asked to call the NYPD's Crime Stoppers Hotline at 800-577-TIPS or by logging onto the Crime Stoppers website or texting their tips to 274637(CRIMES) and entering TIP577.
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