Crime & Safety

2 Men Force Woman Out Of Car, Steal It: Nassau Police

Police are searching for the men, who robbed the woman while she was in the Green Acres Mall parking lot.

VALLEY STREAM, NY — Nassau County police are searching for two men who stole a woman's car Wednesday evening.

According to police, the 49-year-old woman was sitting in her 2016 Ford Explorer in the parking lot of the Green Acres Mall near Macy's at 6:20 p.m. when two men approached. They walked up to the driver's door, opened it and took the woman's phone. They demanded that she get out of the car, and the woman did.

The two men got in the car and drove off, heading west on Sunrise Highway. The woman was not injured.

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Police say the men are 6 feet, 1 inch, with medium builds. One was wearing a gray sweatshirt; the other was wearing an orange sweatshirt.

Anyone with information about this robbery is asked to call Nassau County Crime Stoppers at 1-800-244-TIPS. All callers will remain anonymous.

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