Armed Biker Robs 2 Gas Station Back To Back In Queens: NYPD

ELMHURST, QUEENS -- Police are searching for an armed motorcyclist who used his helmet as a disguise when he allegedly stormed two Queens gas stations in robberies just hours apart.

The perp first targeted an Elmhurst Mobil gas station on Queens Boulevard near 69th Street early Tuesday morning, pulling a gun on a 64-year-old cashier and demanding money, authorities said.

He left the gas station on his motorcycle with $300 and an Arizona iced tea, police said.

Later that night, the biker held up another Mobil roughly two miles away in Long Island City. He pointed a handgun at a 50-year-old cashier inside the gas station near Hunters Point and Greenpoint avenues and stole $900 before fleeing on his motorcycle, cops said.

The perp is described as about 5-foot-7 and was last seen wearing a black-and-silver skull motorcycle helmet with a mirrored visor, authorities said.

The NYPD is asking anyone with information on this incident to call their Crime Stoppers Hotline at 1-800-577-TIPS (8477).

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