VIDEO: Bed-Stuy Café Robber Tackled To Ground By Customer

BED-STUY, BROOKLYN — Cops are looking for a man who stole around $400 in cash from Hong Kong Café in Bed-Stuy, they said. Witnesses reported to police that on Monday, Feb. 13, the man entered the café, reached over the counter and took the money from the cash register.

As the man tried to leave the store, a customer at the café wrestled him to the ground and took the money back, police said. The customer gave the money back to the café employee, and the suspect fled northbound on Franklin Avenue, according to the NYPD.

Police describe the suspect as a black man. He was last seen wearing a gray jacket, black hooded sweater and blue jeans.

Anyone with information in regards 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 Crime stoppers website at WWW.NYPDCRIMESTOPPERS.COM or by texting their tips to 274637 (CRIMES) then enter TIP577. All calls are strictly confidential.

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