Gunman Ties Up Employees During Robbery at West Babylon Store

Police are investigating a Monday night robbery in West Babylon in which two employees at a women’s clothing store were tied up in a back room.

The incident occurred shortly after 9 p.m. at New York & Company located at 835 W. Montauk Highway.

The robber, a man armed with a handgun, fled the store with an undisclosed amount of cash. The employees were not injured.

Two similar robberies occurred in Nassau County last week. On Thursday, an armed, masked man robbed a women’s clothing store in Carle Place and tied up four people inside the store. A few days earlier, an armed man tied up two employees and two customers during a robbery of an East Meadow women’s clothing store. One of the customers suffered minor injuries in the East Meadow robbery.

Police have not said if they believe the robberies are connected.