Police: Man punched clerk, stole beer from Shirley 7-Eleven
Suffolk police are looking for a man wanted in connection with an assault and theft at the 7-Eleven on William Floyd Parkway in Shirely at 9:45 p.m. on Sept. 21, 2015. The suspect, seen on surveillance video, assaulted an employee after being denied access to the employee restroom, then stole a 12 pack of beer and fled, police said. Credit: SCPD
He asked to use the employee restroom, but was denied.
Instead, Suffolk County police said, the unidentified man pushed and punched the employee at the 7-Eleven store on William Floyd Parkway in Shirley at 9:45 p.m. Sept. 21, tore the phone line when the employee tried to call 911 -- and stole a 12-pack of beer.
Now, police are asking the public's help identifying the suspect or two men who were with him during the late September robbery.
Police have released photographs of the three men, all from surveillance video.
Police said the suspect wore a red shirt and had a chin-strap-type beard. Police did not release any other details.
Police ask anyone with information to call Crime Stoppers at 800-220-TIPS. All calls will remain confidential.
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.”
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