Cops: Man Robbed Hicksville Gas Station at Gunpoint

Nassau Police say an armed robbery at a Hicksville gas station Sunday evening fits the pattern of similar holdups in the county.

Detectives say that on Sunday, a man, armed with a handgun, entered the Apple Green Gas Station at 118 Newbridge Road at 6:30 p.m. and demanded money from the attendant. The suspect fled on foot, heading west on W. Nicholai Street with an unknown amount of cash.

“As of right now, we are treating [the robbery] as part of the pattern” of a string of similar incidents, a police spokesman told Patch.

One of those incidents included a Jan. 28 robbery in Jericho in which an attendant was killed. Other robberies took place in New Hyde Park, Westbury and Thomaston.

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Earlier this month police rolled out a mobile billboard throughout Nassau County to help find the suspect. A $10,000 reward is being offered for information on the robberies, and $25,000 is being offered for information leading to the arrest of the person responsible for the murder of Hany Awad at the BP gas station on Jericho Turnpike in Jericho, police said.

No injuries were reported in Sunday’s robbery, police said.

The suspect from that incident is described as 6-foot and of slim build. He was dressed in a dark hooded sweatshirt, navy blue sweatpants with a white stripe on legs, gloves, and a black bandana covering his face, police said.

Detectives request anyone with information regarding the above crime to contact Nassau County Crime Stoppers at 1-800-244-TIPS. All callers will remain anonymous.

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