Home Depot Thief Menaces with Knife

Police are looking for this man in connection with shoplifting and menacing with a knife inside a Home Depot near Yankee Stadium. 

By Dan Gesslein 

Bronx Voice 

September 17, 2022

BRONX - A shoplifter at a Home Depot near Yankee Stadium threatened an employee with a knife when he tried to stop him.

At around 3:30 pm on August 23, a man inside the Home Depot in the Gateway Shopping Center tried to leave the store with $60 worth of merchandise. When the store’s loss prevention officer tried to stop him the man threatened the 24-year-old employee with a knife.

The thief fled the store but not before his image was captured on the store’s cameras.

Police released the video in the hopes the public recognize the suspect.

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 their tips by logging onto the CrimeStoppers website at https://crimestoppers.nypdonline.org/ or on Twitter @NYPDTips. 

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