Crime & Safety

Woman Robbed, Carjacked in Valley Stream

The incident occurred Friday night, police say.

VALLEY STREAM, NY - Nassau Police are searching for a man who robbed and carjacked a woman in the parking lot of a Valley Stream pizzeria on Friday night.

According to police, a 41-year-old woman was sitting in her her 2007 Volkswagen Jetta in the parking lot of Da Vinci’s Pizza, located at 640 W. Merrick Road, when she was approached by a man who leaned into the driver’s window and placed what the woman believed to be a gun into her side at 7:08 p.m.

The man demanded her cash and told the woman to get out of the car, police said. After the woman complied with his demands, the man got in the car and fled the parking lot driving eastbound on W. Merrick Road.

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The woman was not injured. She described the man as black, about 30-years-old and wearing a black hooded sweatshirt and dark pants.

Police are asking anyone with information regarding this incident to call Crime Stoppers at 1-800-244-TIPS. All callers will remain anonymous.

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