Hewlett convenience store robbed by masked man, police say

He wore a helmet and a mask, sunglasses and black, white and yellow gloves when he entered a store Wednesday night in Hewlett, lifting his sweatshirt to reveal a gun — and signal he was robbing the place, Nassau County police said.

Police are asking for the public’s help locating the suspect who robbed The Barn store on Broadway at 9:40 p.m.

Police said the suspect entered the store, lifted his sweatshirt “exposing the gun to the female employee,” then took cash from the register — and drove away on a black and white motorcycle.

Police said he was last seen on Peninsula Boulevard, headed toward Woodmere.

No one was injured in the robbery.

Police ask anyone with information to call Crime Stoppers at 800-244-8477. All calls will remain confidential.

By John Valenti

john.valenti@newsday.com

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.”