Crime & Safety
Woman Pulls Knife In Brooklyn Spa Robbery, Cops Say
Police say the woman took off on foot from the Fulton Street beauty spa with $400 in cash.
BROOKLYN, NY — Police are searching for a woman who robbed a Brooklyn spa at knifepoint, making off with $400, according to the NYPD.
According to the NYPD, the woman entered Shikha Beauty Salon at 1304 Fulton Street — between Nostrand and New York Avenues — on the afternoon of May 16 and asked for a facial treatment.
After the treatment, spa employees asked the woman to pay, but instead she pulled out a knife and forcibly took $400 from a 48-year-old female employee before running away, police said.
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Police are still investigating the incident and have not made any arrests yet.
Police have released surveillance photos of the suspect, who they describe as a woman last seen wearing a red bonnet over her hair and a black hooded sweatshirt.
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Police said anyone with information regarding the robbery can 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 or on X (formerly Twitter) @NYPDTips.
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