Crime watch: Franklin Square/Elmont Herald, Nov. 17-23

Vehicle stolen in Elmont

Nassau County police are looking for a man who reportedly stole a 2004 Honda from a 19-year-old man and his 17-year-old male friend after they stopped at the Elmont Delicatessen — located at 237-01 Linden Blvd. in Elmont — on Nov. 13.

According to police, after the 17-year-old exited the vehicle from the passenger side and entered the store (the 19-year-old remained in the vehicle), an unknown black man displaying a handgun approached the driver’s side of the vehicle and ordered the 19-year-old to get out. He did, and the suspect then entered the vehicle and fled the scene.

According to police, a Blackberry was left in the vehicle. No injuries were reported and there is no further description of the subject.
    

A robbery occurred in Elmont on Nov. 13, at 4:53 p.m., according to Nassau County’s 5th Precinct.

According to 5th Squad detectives, two black men entered the Metro PCS — at 555 Hempstead Turnpike in Elmont — pretending to be customers. One of the men produced a small silver handgun and told the victim, a 27-year-old male employee, lie face down on the ground while the other subject removed an undetermined amount of cell phones and an undetermined amount of cash from the register.

Both subjects then fled the store, police said, and were last seen heading east on Hempstead Turnpike. No injuries were reported.

The subjects were described as a 20-year-old black man, 5 feet and 10 inches tall, wearing a dark jacket, black hoodie and blue jeans, and armed with the small silver handgun; and a 25-year-old black man, six feet and three inches tall, wearing a black hoodie and blue jeans.

Property stolen from locals

Fifth Squad detectives are investigating a robbery that occurred in Valley Stream on Nov. 12, around 9 p.m.

According to detectives, an 18-year-old man and two 16-year-old men were walking southbound on Fletcher Avenue in Valley Stream when approximately six unknown black men exited a dark-colored, late-model  Honda Civic and confronted them.

The subjects attacked the victims, police said, and held them to the ground, while taking cell phones and other personal property from them. One of the victims sustained swelling and bruising to the face and was treated at the scene. No other injuries were reported.