Crime & Safety
Hastings Police Investigate Armed Robbery; Electronics Taken
Last night a Warburton Avenue man was held up on his front steps.
The victim, 22, was walking home carrying bags of electronic equipment when, at about 7:33 p.m., he was accosted by a man in baggy pants wearing a ski mask.
The masked man pointed a handgun at the victim and demanded the property he was carrying, which included a Nintendo Game System, iPod and Miscellaneous X BOX accessories, police said.
"The victim relinquished the equipment and fled to a nearby bar where he asked that the police be called," said Lt. David Dosin.
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Hastings PD searched the area with patrols from Greenburgh, Yonkers, Dobbs Ferry, Irvington and Westchester County police departments.
The investigation continues.
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