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Seek B’wick Bandit

Police are asking the public’s help in tracking down the armed man seen in these surveillance camera photos who held up a discount store in Bushwick last Tuesday, May 14. According to law enforcement sources, the crook robbed at gunpoint the Family Dollar store at 1165A Broadway at around 3:10 p.m. last Tuesday. The suspect is described by police as a black male between 45 and 60 years of age, standing between 5’6″- and 5’8″-tall, weighing between 170 and 190 lbs with a gray beard who was last seen wearing eyeglasses, a black hat with a black doo-rag, a brown jacket and blue jeans. Anyone with information regarding the stickup or the suspect’s whereabouts that could prove helpful is asked to contact Crime Stoppers by phone at 1-800-577-TIPS, by text message to 274637 (enter information, then the code TIP577) or online at www.nypdcrimestoppers.com. All calls and messages will be kept confidential.