AT&T Store Robbed Of $60K, 2 Employees Attacked By 5 Men In Nassau: Police

EAST MEADOW, NY — Five men were arrested after Nassau police said they robbed an AT&T in East Meadow of $60,000 and injured two employees.

A 23-year-old man was working at the AT&T store at 2411 Hempstead Turnpike when three men entered the store around 4 p.m. Wednesday, police said. Ibrahim Fofana, 19, of Manhattan, Ousmane Diallo, 18, of the Bronx, and Daouda Diarrassouba, 19, of Manhattan, punched the man and forced him to the ground, police said.

They forced him and another employee, a 23-year-old woman, into the back storage room by displaying a large handle knife, police said. They slashed the woman's right pinky finger, causing a cut, police said. The men did not allow the employees to leave the room and forced them to unlock the store safe, police said.

The trio swiped cell phones, iPads and AirPods worth $60,000, police said. They also stole $50 from the cash register and the male employee's cell phone, police said.

The three men left the store through the back emergency exit and got into a blue Toyota Rav4 occupied by Mujib Bonkano, 20, of the Bronx and Amadou Niono, 21, of Manhattan, police said. The five drove away, police said.

NYPD officers found the Toyota with all five men inside and arrested them without incident, Nassau police said. They were brought to the NCPD Third Precinct for arrest processing.

All five men were each charged with first-degree robbery, second-degree robbery, second-degree assault, third-degree assault, and two counts of first-degree unlawful imprisonment. Fofana, Diallo and Diarrassouba were also each charged with fourth-degree criminal possession of a weapon.

The five are set to be arraigned Friday at First District Court, at 99 Main St., Hempstead.