A group of robbers are wanted for holding up at least seven businesses in Brooklyn and Queens this month. Police believe the same suspects are responsible for the string of robberies involving delis, a restaurant, a gas station and even a food truck.
Authorities say the first heist occurred at around 2 a.m. on Feb. 17, when three men entered a grocery store near Meserole Street and Bushwick Avenue in Brooklyn, displayed a black firearm and demanded money. The trio then allegedly went behind the counter and grabbed $4,000 from a cash register and a lotto ticket — and one of the men snatched an employee’s wallet — before fleeing on Meserole Street in a gray Kia Optima.
Then, at around 9:15 p.m. on Sunday, Feb, 19, four men entered a smoke shop at 224-25 Union Turnpike in Queens and displayed a firearm while demanding money. The group scored approximately $4,000 from a cash register and cellphones before fleeing on foot eastbound on Union Turnpike toward 226th Street.
On Tuesday, Feb. 21 at around 4:45 a.m., police say three men entered a deli near Bedford Avenue and North 7th Street in Brooklyn, not far from the first robbery, displaying the same black firearm. This time, cops say the suspects jumped over the counter and grabbed $4,000 from a cash register and five packs of cigarettes. Then one of the suspects removed approximately $1,300 in cash from the jacket of a 36-year-old victim inside the deli.
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