LINDEN — Police are asking for the public's help in identifying a man who held-up a city store and robbed a clerk at gunpoint. Police released a security camera photo of the robber, described as a male in his late teens or early 20s. Authorities said the man entered the Linden Stationery store, 638 West St. near George Avenue, at...
Security camera photography of a man sought for robbing a Linden store clerk at gunpoint. (Linden Police) LINDEN -- Police are asking for the public's help in identifying a man who held-up a city store and robbed a clerk at gunpoint.
Police released a security camera photo of the robber, described as a male in his late teens or early 20s.
Authorities said the man entered the Linden Stationery store, 638 West St. near George Avenue, at 6:10 p.m. on Tuesday.
The store clerk told police the man wandered around for several minutes before approaching him, pulling a handgun from his waistband, and ordering him to open the cash register, Capt. James Sarnicki said.
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The suspect then walked behind the counter and scooped an unknown amount of cash from the register before fleeing, Sarnicki said.
The victim told officers the suspect was wearing a woodland camouflage hooded sweatshirt and dark pants, the captain said.
Police ask anyone with information about the robbery to the gunman to call contact Detective Ken Mikolajczyk at (908) 474-8542, or send an email crimetips@lpdnj.org.
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