Crime & Safety
WATCH: Woman Robbed At Gunpoint In Brooklyn Office
The man pointed a silver revolver at the 53-year-old woman before stealing her pocketbook.
FORT GREENE, BROOKLYN — Police are asking the public's help to find a man who pointed a gun at a woman before robbing her on Friday.
The man came inside Ken Marble Inc. on Flushing Avenue just before 6 p.m. on Friday, Dec. 21, police said. He pointed a silver revolver at the 53-year-old woman inside and demanded money.
He walked away with the woman's pocketbook, which had her iPhone 5 and $800 cash, before fleeing from the office. There were no reported injuries.
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The suspect is described as a black man, approximately 25-years-old, about six feet tall and was last seenwearing a black knit cap, a black waist length jacket, black faded jeans, black sneakers and a multi-colored scarf.
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Anyone with information in regard to this incident is asked to call the NYPD's Crime Stoppers Hotline at 1-800-577-TIPS (8477) or for Spanish, 1-888-57-PISTA (74782). The public can also submit their tips by logging onto the CrimeStoppers website at WWW.NYPDCRIMESTOPPERS.COM, on Twitter @NYPDTips or by texting their tips to 274637 (CRIMES) then enter TIP577.
All calls are strictly confidential.
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