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# Phone Store Robbery Near Broadway Junction
- URL: https://bklyner.com/phone-store-robbery-near-broadway-junction/
- Published: 2017-08-14T14:40:32.000Z
- Updated: 2017-08-14T14:40:32.000Z
- Author: Paul Stremple
- Tags: Bed Stuy, News, North Western Brooklyn, Police & Fire, 142 Rockaway Ave, armed robbery, Broadway Junction, crime, Metro PCS, nypd 73rd precinct, robbery, #wp

The NYPD is seeking assistance in identifying a man wanted in connection with an armed robbery on Sunday, August 6, near Broadway Junction.

At 3:25pm an individual entered the Metro PCS store at 142 Rockaway Ave and displayed a handgun, demanding money and property from a 27-year old male employee, police said.

The employee handed over about $290 in cash, 8 cell phones, and his wedding band, police said.

Police described the individual as a black male, last seen wearing a dark-colored bucket hat, a gray t-shirt, blue jeans and white sneakers. The individual fled the store northbound on Rockaway Ave, said police.

*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](http://www.nypdcrimestoppers.com/?ref=bklyner.com) *or by texting their tips to 274637 (CRIMES) then enter TIP577\. All calls are strictly confidential.*