Liquor Store Robbery Leads to $100,000 in High-Priced Bottles Stolen
Police are searching for 2 men who made off with nearly $100,000 worth of liquor. -Photo by NYPD |
By Dan Gesslein
Queens Voice
October 12, 2023
NEW YORK - Cops are looking for a robbery crew that broke into a pair of Queens liquor stores on the same night and stole nearly $100,000 worth of booze.
Cops said the crew kicked off their robbery spree at around 1 am on October 3rd. Two men broke into Franny Lew Wine and Liquor located off the Horace Harding Expressway. Cops said the crooks used crowbars to pry open the doors to gain entry.
Once inside, the crooks removed high-end bottles of liquor valued at over $77,000
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The thieves loaded the bottles into a white pickup truck and drove off.
Cops said the same crew struck again down the road at another liquor warehouse two hours later.
Investigators said the crooks once again broke in through the front door. They targeted high-end liquor bottles and drove off in the same white pickup.
Cops said the liquor stolen in the second case is valued at over $15,000.
The suspects are described as two males wearing black sneakers, black pants, black sweatshirts and gloves.
Anyone with information in regard 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 CrimeStoppers website at https://crimestoppers.nypdonline.org/ or on Twitter @NYPDTips.
All calls are strictly confidential.
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