Crime & Safety
Armed Driver Demands $400 Cash After Minor Accident In Bed-Stuy, Police Say
Instead of asking for insurance information, police say a driver pointed a gun at the other man involved in the accident and demanded cash.
BEDFORD-STUYVESANT, BROOKLYN — A man caught in a car accident didn’t ask for the other driver’s insurance information, he whipped out a gun and demanded cash, according to police.
Two drivers began to argue near the corner of Rockaway Avenue and Marion Street around 8:15 p.m. on Aug. 12, after a minor collision, police said.
One of the drivers ended the argument by pulling out a gun and demanding the other 56-year-old driver give him cash to pay for the damages, said police.
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The armed driver and his passenger shoved the man into Miraflowers Grocery at 45 Rockaway Ave., forced him to withdraw $440 from the ATM, then fled in the damaged car, police said.
Police describe the suspects as men in their twenties, standing about six-feet-tall and weighing about 180 pounds. The armed man wore a white t-shirt and white sneakers and the other wore a black t-shirt and a motorcycle helmet.
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