Crime & Safety

Four Robbed at Gunpoint on Centre Avenue

Police are still searching for the subjects involved in the robbery.

Nassau County Police are investigating a second robbery that occurred early Friday morning in Rockville Centre.

According to Nassau County detectives, around 4:30 a.m. two female victims, both 21 years old, and two male victims, ages 22 and 23, were walking in the vicinity of 100 N. Centre Ave. when they were approached by two black male subjects.

The first suspect, approximately 6-foot-1, 185 pounds, wearing a black hoodie type sweatshirt, blue jeans, black ski cap and doo-rag, pointed a black handgun at the victims and demanded their personal property, police said.

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According to police, the second suspect is described as being anywhere from 5-foot-7 to 5-foot-9, with short hair, wearing a blue T-shirt with yellow crime scene type stripes and blue jeans.

The suspects fled the scene on foot northbound on N. Centre Avenue toward Meehan Lane, police said. There were no injuries reported. The proceeds included assorted credit cards, assorted ID cards, a cellular telephone, two wallets, one handbag and an undetermined amount of U.S. currency.

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It is unknown whether the same subjects were involved in an on Friday.

Detectives request anyone with information regarding this crime to contact Nassau County Crime Stoppers at 1-800-244-TIPS. All callers will remain anonymous.


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