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NYPD: Man Breaks into Astoria Bagel Shop, Takes $5K Cash and Cigarettes

HOTBAGEL

Suspect (NYPD) and Hot Bagel, at 25-08 31st St. (Google)

Aug. 11, 2019 Staff Report

The police are looking for a man who smashed his way into an Astoria bagel shop during the early hours Saturday morning and took $5,000 cash.

The suspect allegedly broke the front glass window of Hot Bagel, located at 25-08 31st St., at about 3:25 a.m. and once inside swiped cash and an undetermined amount of cigarette packs. He then fled in an unknown direction.

The suspect was last seen wearing a light-colored shirt, shorts and sneakers.

Anyone with information is asked to call the NYPD’s Crime Stoppers Hotline at 1-800-577-TIPS (8477) or submit tips to WWW.NYPDCRIMESTOPPERS.COM