Crime & Safety
VIDEO: East New York Grocery Robbed Of Cold Medicine By 2 Men
They broke the window of Cherry Valley Marketplace and took several boxes of cold medicine, cops said.
EAST NEW YORK, BROOKLYN — Two men broke into a grocery store in East New York early Sunday morning and stole multiple boxes of cold and pain medication, cops said.
At around 4:48 a.m., the two men got out of a red minivan and broke the window of the Cherry Valley Marketplace at 925 Crescent St., surveillance video shows. Once they took the medicine, they fled in the red minivan, another suspect in the driver's seat. To keep up with Brownsville-East New York crime, subscribe to the Brownsville-East New York Patch for email newsletters and news alerts that go to your phone.
The NYPD has released surveillance video of the incident.
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