NEW YORK, NY – Police in Queens are investigating an armed robbery inside a CVS Pharmacy store at 219-39 89th Avenue earlier this month.
According to police the suspect, identified in photos released by the department today entered the business on March 2 at around 6:15 pm and began to remove products from the shelves. When confronted by employees, he threatened them with a knife. The suspect fled the scene on a Q27 MTA Bus southbound on Springfield Boulevard.
Police are asking the public to assist in identifying the suspect.
Anyone with information in regard to this incident 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 https://crimestoppers.nypdonline.org/ or on Twitter @NYPDTips.