Knife-Wielding Crook Robs Candy Store Near Horror Master’s Home

Caught on Camera- Crook Threatens Bodega Worker Near Edgar Allan Poe Cottage

Police are searching for this man in connection with a knife-point robbery of a bodega in the Bronx. -Photo by NYPD

By Dan Gesslein 

Bronx Voice 

August 4, 2023 

BRONX - A store clerk found himself in a scene right out of a horror movie when a crook threatened him with a knife. The candy store armed robbery took place across from horror master Edgar Allan Poe’s cottage.

Police released surveillance video of the sunglass wearing suspect who, cops said, robbed a local bodega by waving a knife at a worker. 

At around 8 pm on August 1, the suspect walked into a candy store at 2625 Grand Concourse in the Bronx, across from Poe Park and the landmarked Poe Cottage- home of horror icon Edgar Allan Poe. Cops said the suspect walked up to the counter and pulled out knife demanding cash. The 22-year-old store employee backed away as the knife-wielding crook rumaged through the cash register till. 

Cops said he made off with $1,000 cash. The thief then casually walked out of the store and headed northbound on Creston Avenue. 

The worker was not injured during the robbery. The suspect is described as a male with a light complexion. He wore black sunglasses and a dark blue baseball cap with the number “66” across the top of the hat. He was last seen wearing a long dark t-shirt, blue jeans and dark colored sneakers. 

Anyone with information in regard to this incident is asked 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 their tips by logging onto the CrimeStoppers website at https://crimestoppers.nypdonline.org/ or on Twitter @NYPDTips. 

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