Crime & Safety

X-Box Thieves Rob Man at Gunpoint in Mall Parking Lot

Cops are looking for the men who allegedly held a victim at gunpoint before stealing an X-Box video game system Wednesday.

According to police, at 4:26 p.m., the male victim was putting the X-Box in his trunk after leaving Roosevelt Field Mall when two unknown males, both described as black and in their 20s, displayed a silver handgun and demanded the victim open his trunk.

After the man complied, they stole the X-Box and fled, cops said. The victim was uninjured and unable to further describe the suspects.

Detectives request anyone with information to call Crime Stoppers at 1-800-244-TIPS. All callers will remain anonymous.

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