Cops seek suspects in Town of Poughkeepsie robbery
By Daily Freeman | news@freemanonline.com and Daily Freeman |
PUBLISHED: January 2, 2009 at 10:37 a.m. | UPDATED: July 22, 2021 at 5:38 a.m.
TOWN OF POUGHKEEPSIE – Town police are looking for two men they believe robbed an Innis Avenue Shell gas station at gunpoint. Two men entered the business, police said, then pushed a customer to the floor, and pointed a gun at employee, forcing him or her to open the cash register. Police described one suspect as a short, white man who stood between five-feet-five inches and five-feet-eight inches tall. He wore a black bandana over his face, a black jacket, and black gloves. Police described the other suspect as a very tall black man who stood between six-feet-six inches and six-feet-each-inches tall. He was wearing a red bandana over his face, a black jacket, and black gloves. The suspects fled in an unknown direction with an undisclosed amount of cash and merchandise, police said. Anyone with information about the incident should call Poughkeepsie town police at (845) 485-3666. All calls will be kept confidential.
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