Trio Stole Car, Cash At Gunpoint In Nassau: Police

A group of teens robbed two men and stole their car at gunpoint in Lakeview over the weekend, Nassau Police said.

According to police, two men were parking a 2020 Mercedes Benz C300 in a Town of Hempstead lot on Woodfield Road at 4:40 p.m. when they saw three other men get out of a white four-door Mercedes Benz. The three men approached the victims' car and began banging on the windows.

One of the men pointed a handgun at the driver and demanded both men get out of the car. The victims gave the robbers their cash, and then the three robbers got into their car and drove off north on Woodfield Road. The other car, which was occupied by two or three other men, also fled in the same direction.

The robber with the gun was a black man, 5 feet, 11 inches tall, 18 to 20 years old, wearing a dark bandanna on his face and a red and blue Nike windbreaker. The second man was also black, 5 feet, 4 inches tall, 16 to 19 years old, wearing a red, white and blue Nike windbreaker and a white doo-rag. The third robber was a black man, 5 feet, 4 inches tall and about 17 years old.

Police ask anyone with information about this incident to call Nassau County Crime Stoppers at 1-800-244-TIPS. All callers will remain anonymous.