Crime & Safety
Teen Robbed at Gunpoint While Selling Computer in North Lindenhurst
It happened Wednesday evening, police say.
Police are investigating an armed robbery that occurred in North Lindenhurst on Wednesday evening.
According to police, a 17-year-old male listed his computer for sale on Facebook and arranged to meet a buyer on North Clinton Avenue in North Lindenhurst around 6 p.m. Wednesday.
The teen was sitting in a vehicle with two other people when the male buyer approached and gave the teen money for the computer.
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Once the buyer had the computer, he displayed a gun and demanded the money back.
The teen gave the money to the man, who then fled. No arrests have been made.
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