Police: Man Wearing Skeleton Mask Robs Coin Galleries of Oyster Bay at Knifepoint

A man armed with knife robbed the Plainview location of Coin Galleries of Oyster Bay on Friday afternoon, police said.

According to detectives, the man entered the business at 1056 Old Country Road, next to ShopRite, and demanded money from the store’s register at 12:45 p.m.

After obtaining an undisclosed amount of cash, the man, who was described as 6-foot with a medium build and wearing a skeleton type mask, gray hooded sweatshirt and jeans, fled the store and was last seen heading east through the parking lot and then north on Lester Place towards Knowles Street, police said.

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