Suspect Thwarted While Trying To Use Fake Rifle In LI Liquor Store Hold-Up Flees Empty-Handed: PD

HOLTSVILLE, NY — A suspect used an imitation rifle to rob a liquor store in Holtsville but was thwarted in a struggle on Tuesday night, Suffolk police said.

A man holding an imitation rifle went inside Akshan Wine and Liquor on Waverly Avenue at around 7:45 p.m., and demanded money from the counter clerk, police said. An altercation ensued, and he bolted from the store empty-handed, police added.

The clerk was treated at a local hospital for a minor injury, police said.

Anyone with information is asked to call the 6th Squad in Selden at 631-854-8652 or Crime Stoppers at 800-220-TIPS, a confidential police hotline.