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BRAZEN ARMED ROBBER SWIPES LOADS OF NIKE ITEMS FROM NYC FOOT LOCKER: ‘WE
COULDN’T STOP HIM’

By Steven Vago and Steve Janoski

Published April 14, 2024, 5:43 p.m. ET

A brazen gunman waltzed into a Foot Locker in The Bronx and stole a bunch of
brand-name clothes — then whined on his way out that a worker dared to jostle
him during the crime, cops and staff said Sunday.

The unidentified suspect hit the Third Avenue store about 7:45 p.m. April 9,
police said.

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He gathered a whole stack of Nike sweatshirts and sweatpants, according to
security guard Lawrence Graham, who was not working that day but heard about the
ordeal from the guard who was there.

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This man allegedly robbed a Bronx Foot Locker, then flashed a gun at the guard
who tried to stop him, cops said. DCPI

“The guy came in and went straight to this right here,” Graham said as he
gestured toward a rack of gray Nike sweats.

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“He swiped clothes from right here, he pulled out a gun,” Graham told The Post
on Sunday. “He put the gun back and went to the hats. Walked around here with
the hats, got some more stuff and walked straight out.”

On the way out, he mouthed off to the guard, asking why the worker bumped into
him, the employee said.

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“[The guard] said, ‘I didn’t bump you — I see you have all my stuff,’ ” Graham
said. “We couldn’t stop him because he had a gun on him. Once he flashed the
gun, there’s nothing you can do.”

The armed robber strode outside to another man who was waiting on a scooter, and
the pair fled, cops said.

Graham said robberies aren’t common in the Bronx store, although he’s seen
people snatch hats off the racks. But no one has ever pulled a gun.

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The Third Avenue Foot Locker is generally quiet, another guard told The Post.
TOMAS E. GASTON

Graham pilloried state Assembly Speaker Carl Heastie, a Bronx Democrat, for
shutting down Gov. Kathy Hochul’s plan earlier this month to toughen sentencing
for violent shoplifters.

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Police are asking for the public’s help finding the unidentified suspect. DCPI

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“I just don’t believe raising penalties is ever a deterrent on crime,” Heastie
infamously said at the time.

The store guard responded, “I think that’s bull.

“If someone keeps doing the same thing over and over — like, the first time, let
it slide,” Graham said. “The second time, something should be done about it. Or
they’re going to think it’s OK to keep doing what they’re doing.

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“They just getting out like it’s nothing,” he said of suspects freed without
bail or given light sentences. “That’s my take on that right there.”

The guard added that his store is mostly quiet — but he still has to keep his
guard up.

“It hasn’t been too wild,” he said. “I see stuff happen outside, but not here.
Not in Footlocker. You gotta’ be very vigilant.

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“We are not supposed to go out the store after them,” he said of the
shoplifters. “[Store officials] can replace the stuff, but they can’t replace
our life.”

What do you think? Post a comment.

Police asked anyone with information to call the NYPD’s Crime Stoppers Hotline
at 1-800-577-TIPS (8477) or, for Spanish, 1-888-57-PISTA (74782).

The public can also submit tips on the Crime Stoppers website
at https://crimestoppers.nypdonline.org/ or @NYPDTips on X.


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