Crime & Safety
Group Robs Park Slope Convenience Store, Police Say
According to the NYPD, a group of thieves took over $700 from a Park Slope convenience store this past weekend.

PARK SLOPE, NY — Police are on the hunt for a group of bandits responsible for robbing a Park Slope convenience store over the weekend.
At around 7 p.m., four unidentified individuals entered News Stand Vape and Convenience at 302 9th Street, pushed past the store clerk, and went behind the counter, police said.
They took roughly $700 from the register along with merchandise before fleeing the scene southbound on 5th Avenue, officials added.
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The store employee was not injured during the robbery, police said.
An NYPD spokesperson said no arrests had been made as of Tuesday morning but released descriptions of the suspects.
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As of Tuesday morning, no one had been arrested, but police released descriptions of the four suspects.
The first is a man with a dark complexion, wearing black pants, a black hoodie, a black jacket and a black face mask. The second is a man with a medium complexion, wearing a black jacket, white pants, a green face mask and black sneakers.
The third is a man with a dark complexion, wearing a white jacket, red pants and a black face mask. The fourth is described as having a medium complexion, wearing a black jacket with a white fur-lined hood and a green face mask.
Anyone with information is asked to call the NYPD's Crime Stoppers Hotline at 1-800-577-TIPS (8477) or, for Spanish, 1-888-57-PISTA (74782).
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