Crime & Safety
Dollar Tree Clerk Threatened With Hammer In Shirley: Police
The would-be robber was startled and appeared to have run off from the discount store empty-handed, Suffolk police say.
SHIRLEY, NY — A clerk was threatened with a hammer in an attempted robbery at Dollar Tree in Shirley on Saturday, Suffolk police said.
A male went inside the discount store's office with a hammer and told the clerk, "This is a robbery," but was startled and ran off at around 7:20 p.m., according to police.
It happened at the store's location on William Floyd Parkway, police said.
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It appears that he did not make off with any cash, a police spokesman said.
The incident has been classified first-degree robbery.
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