Police are looking for a man who robbed a Ridgewood liquor store at knifepoint after trying to sneak bottles out of the store in his pants.
According to police, at 3:15 p.m. on Sept. 30, an unknown man entered the Stare Miastro Liquor Store, located at 55-48 Metropolitan Ave. Once inside, the suspect placed a bottle of Hennessy and a bottle of Patron in the waistband of his pants and attempted to leave the store.
When the 50-year-old male employee tried to stop the suspect from leaving, he pulled out a knife and pointed it at the employee before fleeing the store on foot. No injuries were reported as a result of this incident.
On Oct. 2, the 104th Precinct tweeted out the following image of the suspect:
The Detective Squad is endeavoring to locate and identify the below perpetrator who is #WANTED for a Robbery of a liquor store at 55-48 Metropolitan Ave on 9/30/18. Please call our Detective Squad at 718-386-2723. pic.twitter.com/9zcxXtdmKL
— NYPD 104th Precinct (@NYPD104Pct) October 2, 2018
Anyone with information regarding the incident should call the 104th Precinct Detective Squad at 718-386-2723.
