WILLIAMSBURG — Two men wearing ski masks robbed a Bedford Avenue Verizon Wireless store at gunpoint Friday — demanding that witnesses throw goods into a black laundry sack, police said.
The two men, who wore ski masks and gloves, entered the cell phone store at 152 Bedford Ave. on Jan. 9 around 7:43 p.m., police said.
One man then pointed a black revolver at witnesses in the store and demanded that they go to the back office with the men, police said.
The man then ordered the witnesses to put property into a black laundry sack, according to police. It was unclear what went into the bag.
The men told the witnesses to stay inside the store as they ran south on Bedford Avenue, police said.
An employee at the Verizon Wireless store declined to comment on the incident. The investigation is ongoing.
Other notable incidents in the 94th precinct include:
► A Chanel Maxi bag, a Rolex and several other electronics were taken from a woman's Greenpoint home after a thief broke her front door, police said.
The woman, 32, left her home on McGuinness Boulevard, between Norman Avenue and Meserole Avenue, on Jan. 6 at 8:30 a.m., police said.
When she returned home around 5:30 p.m., she found that her front door was broken and that someone had gone in, police said.
The Chanel bag, an iPhone, a Nintendo Wii and its remote and a Rolex were all gone, police said. None of the neighbord were home. Police did not provide information on the total value of the items.
The investigation is ongoing.
► A man who left $2,000 in a vest pocket in his closet returned home to find it gone after the landlord and an exterminator had entered his apartment, police said.
The man, 40, left his apartment on Calyer Street between Clifford Place and Guernsey Street on Jan. 9 around 3 p.m. to go to McGlorick Park, police said.
While he was gone, his landlord and an exterminator went into the apartment to deal with a bedbug issue, police said. They were together the whole time.
When the man returned around 7:30 p.m., he found that the $2,000 was gone.
The landlord and exterminator said they didn't take anything, police said. No one has been arrested for the incident.
► A woman who started talking on her phone while walking in Williamsburg had it snatched by two men riding by on bicycles, police said.
The victim, 30, was walking east on Richardson Street from Union Avenue on Jan. 9 around 11:40 p.m., police said.
She took out her iPhone 6 Plus to make a call when the two men rode up on BMX bicycles from behind her, police said.
One cyclist, a 5-foot-11 man who wore a black beanie, black pants and knit gloves, grabbed the phone from the woman's left hand, police said. The other cyclist was a shorter man who wore a black bubble knit jacket with a fur hood and black pants.
Both men fled east on Richardson Street. No one has been arrested for the incident.
