Armed Robber Ties Up Workers, Customers at Carle Place Women's Clothing Store

An armed, masked man robbed a women’s clothing store in Carle Place and tied up four people inside the store on Thursday morning, police said.

According to authorities, the man entered Joyce Leslie, located at 193 Glen Cove Road, displayed a handgun and tied up two workers and two customers inside the store at 10:10 a.m.

He then took the victim’s’ personal property, property from a safe and an unknown amount of cash from the register, police said.

The robber fled on foot through a parking lot toward Westbury Avenue.

None of the customers or workers were injured, police said.

The robber was described as black, 5-foot-8 to 5-foot-10, with a thin build and wearing a black face mask, a black hooded sweatshirt and gray sweatpants.

Detectives request anyone with information regarding this robbery to contact Nassau County Crime Stoppers at 1-800-244-TIPS. All callers will remain anonymous.

A similar incident occurred in East Meadow on Monday. In that robbery, an armed man tied up two employees and two customers. One of the customers suffered minor injuries.

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