Crime & Safety
Armed Beer Thieves Rob Gas Station Near Forest Park: NYPD
The men started to leave the shop with beer that they didn't pay for, and then pulled out weapons when stopped by a worker, police said.
GLENDALE, QUEENS — This gas station is plagued by beer thieves.
Two armed men burst into a Shell gas station last weekend and toted away four cases of beer they refused to pay for, police said.
Police released photos Sunday of two men grabbing their cases and walking out the Shell station store on Woodhaven Boulevard and Myrtle Avenue at about 1:25 a.m. on Jan. 30.
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A 54-year-old store employee tried to stop the men but they pulled a gun and a knife, "pushed the employee off" and sped away in an SUV, police said.
No one was hurt during the robbery, according to the NYPD.
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Police released surveillance photos of the men taken at the mini mart, but as of Feb. 6 — a week after the robbery — no arrests have been made and the investigation remains ongoing, records show.
Anyone with information about the robbery at 90-05 Myrtle Avenue is asked by police to call the NYPD Crime Stoppers Hotline at 1-800-577-TIPS (8477) or for Spanish, 1-888-57-PISTA (74782). People can also submit tips online or on Twitter, @NYPDTips.
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