Roosevelt, NY - January 21, 2019 - The First Squad is investigating an attempted robbery that occurred on Saturday, January 19, 2019 at 4:40 A.M. in Roosevelt.
According to detectives, a female victim, 30, was walking up her driveway on Monroe Avenue when an unknown male suspect approached her. The suspect pointed a black hand gun at the victim which caused her to fall to the ground and start screaming. Hearing the screams, the victim’s boyfriend opened the front door to their house and came outside. The suspect immediately fled the scene and jumped into the passenger side of a grey Nissan SUV with unknown Pennsylvania license plates, which then took off northbound on St. Francis Street.
The suspect is described as being a male black, unknown age, approximately 6’2’’, medium build and last seen wearing a black hoody.
Detectives request that if anyone has information regarding the above crime to contact the Nassau County Crime Stoppers at 1-800-244-TIPS. All calls will remain anonymous.