By JADE RUSSELL
jrussell@tribunemedia.net
POLICE are seeking help from the public to assist them in solving four recent armed robberies.
Officers are searching for two men who robbed a convenience store on Polhemus Street off Nassau Street yesterday, shortly before 4pm.
Preliminary reports reveal the suspects, one allegedly armed with a handgun, entered and robbed the store of an undetermined amount of cash. The men fled in a silver vehicle.
Regarding Wednesday’s incidents, according to police, the first robbery occurred sometime around 7.40am at an eatery in Palmdale. The business was robbed by three men, all allegedly armed with handguns and dressed in dark clothing.
“It is reported the suspects entered and robbed the establishment and staff members of an undisclosed amount of cash and personal items and fled the area on foot in an unknown direction,” police said.
The second incident occurred shortly after 10am in west New Providence. Two men reportedly robbed a mobile eatery of an undetermined amount of cash and a staff member of a grey Toyota Ram truck L/P AT5277, police said.
The third incident occurred shortly before 7pm on Wednesday at a business on Baillou Hill Road south. A man wearing dark clothing with a grey backpack entered the establishment and demanded cash, while reportedly armed with a handgun. He took an undetermined amount of cash and fled.
Anyone with information is asked to contact the police at 919, 911, the Criminal Investigations Department at 502-9991/2 or Crime Stoppers at 328-TIPS.
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