Police are searching for the man who was caught on camera snatching more than $500 worth of lottery tickets from a Shell gas station on the border of Maspeth and Elmhurst in July.
The NYPD on Aug. 4 released surveillance video showing the unidentified man inside of the Shell gas station at 74-01 Grand Ave., within the 104th Precinct, just before 4 a.m. on Thursday, July 14.
Police say the man had picked the lock of the front door before gathering more than $500 of lottery tickets and fleeing the scene.
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 crimestoppers.
All calls are strictly confidential.
