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Masked Robbers Steal $250,000 At Aqueduct Racetrack In Queens
Police are searching for two men who stole $250,000 from the Aqueduct Racetrack in South Ozone Park on Saturday.
SOUTH OZONE PARK, QUEENS – Police are searching for the two men who they say robbed the Aqueduct Racetrack in Queens while wearing surgical masks.
Police say the suspects got away with $250,000 on Saturday night.
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It started when three employees were carrying the cash from one area of the facility to another.
Investigators say that’s when the suspects forced the employees into a room and robbed them.
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Anyone with information is asked to call the NYPD’s Crime Stoppers Hotline at 1-800-577-TIPS (8477) or for Spanish, 1-888-57-PISTA (74682), logging onto the Crime stoppers website at www.nypdcrimestoppers.com, or by texting tips to 274637 (CRIMES) then enterings TIP577.
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