Knife-Wielding Man Wanted For 3 Crown Heights Robberies: Cops

CROWN HEIGHTS, BROOKLYN — Cops are looking for a knife-wielding man who robbed, or tried to rob, Crown Heights stores three times last month.

The man first hit up a cellphone store on Utica Avenue on Sept. 13, cops said. He went in the store, took out a knife and took an unknown amount of money from the cash register around 2 pm., police said.

Two weeks later, on Sept. 29, the man was caught trying to steal something from a clothing store on Saint Johns Place, police said. When the store's security confronted him, the man took out a knife and started swinging it at the security guard. He ran away from the store empty-handed, police said.

Just minutes later, the man went back to the same cellphone store he had first robbed, took out a knife and threw a cash register on the floor. He took about $140 and left, police said.

Anyone with information in regard to the identity of this individual is asked to call the NYPD's Crime Stoppers Hotline at 1-800-577-TIPS (8477) or for Spanish, 1-888-57-PISTA (74782). The public can also submit their tips by logging onto the CrimeStoppers website at WWW.NYPDCRIMESTOPPERS.COM or on Twitter @NYPDTips. All calls are kept strictly confidential.