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Tracksuit-Clad Thief Wields Knife at Target, Police Say

By Kathleen Culliton | September 23, 2016 5:44pm

STATEN ISLAND — A man in a blue Adidas tracksuit whipped out a knife and fled from a Staten Island Target after a security guard caught him stealing  electronics on Monday, police said.

The man strolled into the Target on Veterans Road West and Brickton Way at around 7:40 p.m. and grabbed $60 worth of electronics, police said.

He grabbed a knife when approached by a security guard and fled the department store parking lot in a white Jeep Grand Cherokee, according to police.

Surveillance cameras at the store caught footage of the suspect, a man in a white baseball cap and blue sweat suit with white stripes, leaving the store.

Anyone with information in regards to this incident is asked to call the NYPD's Crime Stoppers Hotline at 1-800-577-TIPS (8477).