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NYPD: Same Crew Robbed 14 Laundromats, Chicken Joints In Brooklyn & Queens
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Jen Chung
Published Jun 11, 2014
Modified Jun 11, 2014
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Police say that one busy group of robbery suspects is behind fourteen incidents dating back to January.
According to police, the robberies have occurred in the (deep breath) 63rd, 66th, 67th, 69th, 70th, 71st, 73rd, 75th and 113th Precincts. The NYPD says the suspects wear masks and gloves, with at least one armed with a gun, and enter the locations, taking money from the register and customers. No one has been hurt.
Here's the NYPD's list of where they have struck; there's also video of one suspect, unmasked, from the 14th incident:
1) Sunday, January 19, 2014, 0220 hours, the Choo Choo Laundry located at 604 East 102 Street, within the confines of the 69 Precinct.
2) Wednesday, February 12, 2014, 0048 hours, the Kennedy Fried Chicken located at 4102 Avenue D, within the confines of the 67 Precinct.
3) Thursday, February 13, 2014, 0229 hours, the Atlantis Super Wash Center located at 1755 Coney Island Avenue, within the confines of the 70 Precinct.
4) Sunday, February 16, 2014, 0350 hours, the Ultra Wash Laundry located at 328 Stone Avenue, within the confines of the 73 Precinct.
5) Tuesday, February 18, 2014, 0215 hours, the Ryanna Laundry located at 4514 Avenue D, within the confines of the 67 Precinct.
6) Tuesday, February 18, 2014, 0253 hours, the Clean World Laundry located at 1715 Flatbush Avenue, within the confines of the 63 Precinct.
7) Thursday, February 20, 2014, 0225 hours, the Crown Grilled Chicken located at 1611 Cortelyou Road, within the confines of the 70 Precinct.
8) Thursday, February 20, 2014, 0440 hours, the Dexter Express Laundry located at 3608 Claredon Road, within the confines of the 67 Precinct.
9) Friday, February 22, 2014, 0524 hours, the Best Wash Laundry located at 3901 New Utrecht Avenue, within the confines of the 66 Precinct.
10) Tuesday, February 25, 2014, 0310 hours, the Megawash Laundry located at 128-07 Merrick Boulevard, within the confines of the 113 Precinct.
11) On Monday, March 17, 2014 at 0300 hours, the Lucky Laundromat located at 1073 Nostrand Avenue, within the confines of the 71 Precinct.
12) On Tuesday, March 18, 2014 at 0315 hours, the Laundry Land Laundromat, located at 2540 Linden Blvd. within the confines of the 75 Precinct.
13) On Saturday, April 12, 2014 at 0519 hours, the Superwash Laundromat, located at 5402 Church Avenue, within the confines of the 67 Precinct.
14) On Saturday, June 7, 2014 at 2348 hours, the Express Laundry, located 2149 Caton Avenue, within the confines of the 70 Precinct.
Anyone with information in regards to any of these robberies is asked to call the NYPD's Crime Stoppers Hotline at 800-577-TIPS. The public can also submit their tips by logging onto the Crime Stoppers Website at WWW.NYPDCRIMESTOPPERS.COM or texting their tips to 274637(CRIMES) then enter TIP577.
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Jen Chung
Jen Chung is a former WNYC and Gothamist editor.
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