Crime & Safety
Police Investigating Armed Robbery in East Garden City
A man working at a limo company storage yard told police suspects robbed the facility while ordering him to lie on the ground, holding him at gunpoint.
An employee at a limo company's storage yard was allegedly held at gunpoint while several suspects robbed the trailers in East Garden City early Friday morning.
According to detectives, a male employee was working at Designerlimo Company storage yard located at 639 Oak St. While the victim, 24, was cleaning a luxury bus an unknown male Hispanic wearing a mask displayed a handgun and ordered the victim to lie on the floor and not move.
The victim waited approximately 15 minutes before he looked out the window and saw the subject along with four or five additional subjects leaving the yard through a hole in the fence. The subjects fled in an unknown direction. The victim discovered an undetermined amount of tools were missing from trailers in the yard.
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Detectives request anyone with information regarding this crime to contact Nassau County Crime Stoppers at 1-800-244-TIPS. All callers will remain anonymous.
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