Police are looking for a man who punched a shopkeeper at the CS 99 Cents Store & Plus in Norwood on April 28, before rushing out.
The suspect entered the store at 368 E. Gun Hill Rd. at around 3:35 p.m., picked a pack of t-shirts and pay with what police say was a fake $20 bill. When the employee went to the back to use a counterfeit detector pen, the suspect tried taking back the bill and brazenly tried walking out of the store with the t-shirts in hand.
The employee followed the suspect out when he was punched in the face before taking off on Decatur Avenue. The employee suffered a cut to the face and was treated by EMS.
Surveillance video caught the person of interest, which is described by police as black, around 20 to 35 years old, six feet tall with a mustache. He was seen wearing a black baseball cap with yellow lettering on the front, a black hooded jacket, dark-colored jacket, black sweatpants and yellow boots.
Anyone with information in regard to the identity of this male is asked to call the NYPD’s Crime Stoppers Hotline at 800-577-TIPS (8477).
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