You are reading

Two teens arrested in robbery of Maspeth deli, three additional suspects remain on the lam

Sep. 26, 2023 By Anthony Medina

Police from the 104th precinct apprehend two teens and search for three more unidentified males in connection with the robbery of a corner store and deli in Maspeth last weekend.

Police say two 17-year-old males were arrested in connection with a robbery that occurred at approximately 9:20 p.m. on Sunday, Sept. 24, inside the Honey Deli & Grocery, located on 63-22 Flushing Ave. in Maspeth.

According to the police report, a 39-year-old man reported that five unknown males walked into the business and two of the perpetrators went behind the counter and removed $4,000. The other two crooks stood in front of the other side of the store and one served as the lookout.

Police from the 104th Precinct shared this image of the crooks who robbed the Honey Deli & Grocery in Maspeth on Sunday, Sept. 24.Photo courtesy NYPD 104th Precinct

All the suspects fled on foot southbound on 84th Street in a white Hyundai Sonata, police said. No injuries were reported as a result of the robbery.

The apprehended 17-year-olds face multiple charges, including robbery-aided by another, robbery and criminal possession of stolen property.

Anyone with information in regard to this incident is asked to call the NYPD’s Crime Stoppers Hotline at 800-577-TIPS (8477) or for Spanish, 888-57-PISTA (74782). The public can also submit their tips by logging onto the CrimeStoppers website at crimestoppers.nypdonline.org or on Twitter @NYPDTips.

All calls are strictly confidential.

Recent News

Man found stabbed to death at facility on Creedmoor campus in Queens Village Monday morning: NYPD

A 63-year-old man staying at a facility on the Creedmoor Psychiatric campus in Queens Village was found dead lying in a pool of blood Monday morning.

Police from the 105th Precinct in Queens Village responded to a 911 call at 10:36 a.m. about a man in need of medical attention at Hazel House, a 52-bed licensed residential program operated by Transitional Services of New York, at 80-45 Winchester Blvd. Officers found the victim lying face down in a pool of blood, unconscious and unresponsive, with multiple stab wounds to the back of his neck and lower back, according to a law enforcement source with knowledge of the investigation. He was found by a fellow patient.

‘It’s just a hobby’: Queens Village man tells cops during arrest for assembling ghost guns at his Hillside Avenue home: DA

A mechanic at LaGuardia Airport was arrested and criminally charged with weapons possession and other related crimes after a cache of ghost guns and the accouterments needed to assemble the illegal firearms, were found at his Queens Village home after law enforcement executed a court-ordered search warrant on Jan. 15.

Jonathan Diaz, 37, of Hillside Avenue, was arraigned in Queens Criminal Court a day after he was taken into custody after the multi-agency search of his premises, Queens District Attorney General Melinda Katz announced on Friday.