Armed Man Ties Up Workers, Robs Long Island Women's Clothing Store

Employees at a women’s clothing store in Carle Place were tied up during an armed robbery Tuesday night, the latest in a string of similar incidents across Long Island over the past few months.

According to police, a man wearing a bright green traffic vest and handling a broom, entered Destination Maternity, located at 120 Glen Cove Road, pretending to be a cleaner at about 8:30 p.m. After turning around with his face covered by a mask, he displayed a handgun to two female employees and ordered them to open the cash register and safe, police said.

The man forced the employees into the back of the store and bound their hands behind their backs with plastic zip ties, police said. After taking an undetermined amount of money from the store’s cash register and safe, the robber fled in an unknown direction, police said.

The employees, who were not injured and were able to free themselves, called 911. The robber was described as black, 6-feet tall, with a thin build and wearing dark colored clothing.

At least six similar robberies have occurred in Nassau and Suffolk since August. No arrests have been made.

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Nassau and Suffolk Crime Stoppers offer a cash reward of up to $5,000 for information that leads to an arrest. Anyone with information regarding the robberies is asked to call anonymously to Suffolk Crime Stoppers at 1-800-220-TIPS or Nassau Crime Stoppers at 1-800-244-TIPS.

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