Crime & Safety
Armed Robbers Steal $2K From Williamsburg's Meatball Shop, Police Say
Two men pulled $2,000 from the safe, shut an employee in the freezer, and fled, police said.
WILLIAMSBURG, BROOKLYN — The Meatball Shop was robbed by two armed men who locked an employee in the standing freezer, nabbed $2,000 and fled, according to police.
The two suspects walked into the popular Williamsburg restaurant at 710 Bedford Ave, around 3 a.m. and leveled a gun at a 30-year-old employee, Wednesday, said police.
The duo forced the man open the eatery’s safe, grabbed $2,000 in cash they found inside, then shut the employee in a stand-up freezer before running away, police said.
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Surveillance cameras captured pictures of the suspects, whom police describe as men standing about six-feet-tall. One man weighs about 210 pounds and wears a black baseball cap with the word “Brooklyn” and the other weighs about 280 pounds and wears a black scarf on his head.
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