Crime & Safety
Trio Robs Group Of 11 At Gunpoint During Card Game In Massapequa
One of the robbers pistol whipped a 48-year-old during the incident.

MASSAPEQUA, NY - Three men robbed 11 people who were playing a card game at a Massapequa apartment at gunpoint on Saturday morning, according to Nassau Police.
The trio, all described as in their twenties, entered a Margaretta Avenue apartment armed with handguns and ordered the 11 men who were playing a card game to the ground at about 2:30 a.m.
The robbers then stole the men's personal property and cash, police said.
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One of the robbers also pistol whipped a 48-year-old victim.
He received non-life threatening injuries to his head, police said.
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The trio then fled on foot eastbound on Oakley Avenue.
Detectives ask anyone with information about this crime to contact Nassau County Crime Stoppers at 1-800-244-TIPS. All callers will remain anonymous.
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