Police seeking alleged armed robber

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Police are looking for a man who allegedly robbed a clothing store on Rockaway Avenue in Valley Stream at gunpoint on Sunday afternoon, then was thought to have barricaded himself in his house on East Rockaway Road in Hewlett Harbor.

Detectives said that the robbery was at the Kidz Stuff store at 3:57 p.m. The man approached an employee at a register and showed a handgun that was tucked into his waistband. He demanded and received an unspecified amount of money and left through the back door. He was seen getting into a vehicle, believed to be a Ford Escape and left.

Subsequent information led police to the East Rockaway home. After a search of the house the man wasn’t found. Police said he left before they arrived. He is described as a white man being between 6-feet and 6-2 and about 150 pounds. He was wearing a black hoodie, a black cloth covering the lower part of his face and light colored blue jeans.

Police are asking that anyone with information regarding this incident to call Crime Stoppers at (800) 244-8477. All calls are confidential.