Man Wanted in Williamsburg Liquor Store Robbery

WILLIAMSBURG – Police are looking for a man wanted in connection with the robbery of a Williamsburg liquor store Monday night.

At 10:08pm on September 4, a man entered Mingstar Liquors (598 Grand St) and produced a firearm, demanding cash from the store clerk, police said.

After the clerk complied, the suspect fled east on Grand Street with roughly $1,500 in cash, police said.

The suspect can be seen in surveillance video below, and is described by police as a 25-year old black man standing roughly 5’9″. He was last seen wearing a grey and white Nike jacket, jeans, white sneakers and a Chicago Bulls baseball cap.

Anyone with information in regards to this incident is asked to call the NYPD’s Crime Stoppers Hotline at 1-800-577-TIPS (8477) or for Spanish, 1-888-57-PISTA (74782). The public can also submit their tips by logging onto the Crime Stoppers website at WWW.NYPDCRIMESTOPPERS.COM or by texting their tips to 274637 (CRIMES) then enter TIP577. All calls are strictly confidential.