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P.C. Richard's Worker Hit With Crowbar During Robbery, Police Say

By Nicholas Rizzi | December 2, 2016 9:57am | Updated on December 4, 2016 12:57pm
 Branden White, 34, hit a P.C. Richard and Son employee in the neck with a crowbar during a robbery of the Forest Hill store, police said.
Branden White, 34, hit a P.C. Richard and Son employee in the neck with a crowbar during a robbery of the Forest Hill store, police said.
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FOREST HILLS — A man hit a P.C. Richard and Son worker in the neck with a crowbar before stealing electronics from the store, police said.

Branden White, 34, walked into the store at 113-14 Queens Blvd. on Thursday at about 7:25 p.m. with the pry bar, a spokeswoman for the NYPD said Friday.

White hit a 33-year-old store employee in the neck with the weapon then demanded the worker put items from the shelf into his backpack, police said.

He took a set of Bose speakers, a memory card, a laptop bag and a Samsung tablet valued at $685 and left the store, officials said.

The worker was not taken to the hospital.

White was arrested shortly after and charged with robbery, assault, criminal possession of a weapon and criminal possession of stolen property by police, the NYPD said.