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Armed Robber Held Up Man Inside Washington Heights Apartment

 The robbery took place in a building on St. Nicholas Avenue.
The robbery took place in a building on St. Nicholas Avenue.
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WASHINGTON HEIGHTS — Police are looking for a suspect who robbed a man of cash and his iPhone in an apartment on St. Nicholas Avenue last week.

The male suspect walked into the building and entered an apartment through the front door on October 5 shortly after before 1 a.m., the NYPD said. He waved a gun at a man inside the apartment, stealing an iPhone and $1,000 from him before fleeing the scene, police said.

No injuries were reported. 

Anyone with information can call the NYPD's Crime Stoppers Hotline at 800-577-TIPS.