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Armed Men Steal More Than 50 Phones and Tablets from Park Slope Shop: NYPD

By  Leslie Albrecht and Aidan Gardiner | July 1, 2015 8:35am | Updated on July 1, 2015 12:52pm

Thieves Rob Park Slope Store, NYPD Says
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BROOKLYN — Armed thieves held a cellphone store worker at gunpoint in her Park Slope store as they swiped more than 50 phones and tablets before fleeing the scene Saturday, police said.

They had not been arrested as of Wednesday morning.

The trio, all in their early 20s, walked into the AT&T store at 242 Seventh Ave., near Fifth Street, about 10:25 a.m., moments after a worker left to bring the register's cash to a bank, NYPD officials said.

They directed a 25-year-old clerk into a back room and made her turn around and kneel, police said.

One of the men, who is in his early 20s and was wearing glasses with a black shirt with a Ferrari logo, locked the front door and began taking merchandise, police said.

The other two men then joined him, police said.

One was described as about 6 feet tall with a gray sweatshirt with a black hood and yellow logo, police said.

The other wore black pants with a gray and black hoodie, police said.

The store was robbed years ago so staff there upgraded the video surveillance system, police said at a 78th Precinct council meeting Tuesday night.

"It's really clear pictures," said the precinct's Capt. Frank DiGiacomo.

"It really helps us, obviously, to catch those individuals," he added.

Anyone with information is asked to contact Crime Stoppers at (800) 577-TIPS (8477).