By Michael V. Cusenza
Police recently reached out to the public for help in identifying the five young men wanted in connection with the robbery of a Rite Aid last month in Howard Beach.
According to investigators, on Thursday, Oct. 27, around 9:30 p.m., the five suspects entered the Cross Bay Boulevard store and removed multiple pieces of merchandise totaling approximately $1,350. Additionally, as they were leaving, one of the suspects declared that no one should follow him and that he had a knife in his possession, cops said. They fled the scene in a white Cadillac Escalade.
All five suspects are described as male, 16 to 20 years old.
Anyone with information is asked to call the NYPD’s Crime Stoppers Hotline at (800) 577-TIPS (8477) or for Spanish, (888) 57-PISTA (74782). The public can also submit info by logging onto NYPDCrimestoppers.com or by texting their tips to 274637 (CRIMES) then enter TIP577. All correspondences are strictly confidential.
