Hempstead Mobile Talk store robbed, Nassau police say

Police are searching for a gunman who held up a Mobile Talk store in Hempstead late Monday afternoon, stealing cash before fleeing the scene on foot.

The armed robbery occurred at the store on Fulton Avenue at 4:56 p.m., Nassau County police said.

Police said the man entered the store armed with a black handgun, approached the two employees — and demanded cash. The employees complied.

There were no customers in the store at the time and there were no reported injuries, police said.

The robber wore a gray hooded sweatshirt and black pants.

By John Valenti

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John Valenti, a reporter at Newsday since 1981, has been honored nationally by the Associated Press and Society of the Silurians for investigative, enterprise and breaking news reporting, as well as column writing, and is the author of “Swee'pea,” a book about former New York playground basketball star Lloyd Daniels. Valenti is featured in the Emmy Award-winning ESPN 30-for-30 film “Big Shot.”