Crime & Safety

Police Searching for Subjects Involved in Robbery, Assault

A 21-year-old male was robbed of his cell phone and punched in the face early Friday morning.

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

According to Nassau County detectives, around 3:30 a.m., a male victim, 21, was on N. Park Avenue when a black male with a shaved head, wearing a white T-shirt, approached him and asked to borrow his cell phone, to which the victim complied. The subject then punched the victim in the face and proceeded to walk north on N. Park Avenue.

Police said the victim followed the subject demanding his phone back when he was then struck in the face again by a second black male, approximately 5-foot-10, wearing a blue and white stripped shirt.

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According to police, both subjects fled in an unknown direction with the phone. The victim was transported by ambulance to an area hospital.

Detectives ask anyone with information about the above listed crime to contact Nassau County Crime Stoppers at 1-800-244-TIPS. All callers will remain anonymous.

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