Family Dollar Suitcase Robbery: Teens Steal Toothpaste, Attack Employees And Flee, Police Say

BROWNSVILLE, BROOKLYN — Police are looking for the teenagers who stole a suitcase full of toothpaste and air-fresheners from a Family Dollar then sprayed employees who tried to stop them, police said.

The four teens snuck into the Family Dollar at 130 New Lots Ave. around 9 a.m. Thursday and began loading their suitcase with seven boxes of toothpaste and 16 air-fresheners, police said.

The robbers tried to exit the store unnoticed, but when confronted by three employees, one of the teens sprayed an unknown substance at the workers and allowed his accomplices to escape, according to police.

Isiah Morris, a 16-year-old from Gravesend who is believed to wielded the spray, has been arrested and charged with robbery, police said.

Police are still looking for Morris’ three accomplices, whom they describe as teenagers between the ages of 14- and 19- years old.

Photos courtesy of the NYPD.