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71-Year-Old Cellphone Store Employee Robbed at Knifepoint

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‘Family is Everything’ Written on Knife-Wielding Suspect’s Hoodie The NYPD is searching for this man in connection with a knifepoint robbery inside a Queens cellphone store. -Photo by NYPD By Dan Gesslein  Queens Voice February 15, 2024 QUEENS - A man wearing a hoodie that had the words “Family is Everything” written on it, robbed an elderly cellphone store employee at knifepoint the NYPD said. At around 2:45 pm on February 6, a man in a blue hoodie walked into a MetroPCS cellphone store at 86-24 Rockaway Boulevard. Cops said the man pulled out a knife and put it to the throat of a 71-year-old male store employee.  The knife-wielding man took $150 cash off the worker and took cellphones from the store valued at $1,615, cops said. The suspect wore a blue hoodie with the words "Family is Everything" written on it. The NYPD released surveillance video which shows the suspect walking out of the store with a large shopping bag. The suspect is a male with a dark complexion.  He w