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Video Of Violent Jewelry Store Robbery In Greenpoint Released


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John Del Signore

Published Jul 26, 2011

Modified Jul 26, 2011


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Published Jul 26, 2011

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With two suspects still at large in yesterday's brazen Greenpoint jewelry store robbery, police have released this surveillance video from inside the store. The video clearly shows the two suspects bursting into Reggie Sanocki's store yesterday afternoon and making off with a large bag of merchandise. The back of Sanocki's can be seen in the frame at first—until the first man pulls a gun from his waistband, and Sanocki retreats off camera to the back of the store, where he was shot in the stomach.

Sanocki's son David tells the Daily News, "The doctor said he's going to live. He's messed up, but he's going to be okay." Police describe the two thieves as 35-to-45-years-old, between 5-foot-9 and 6-feet tall with medium builds. One has a mustache, and both wore eyeglasses. After knocking over the store and leaving the owner in a pool of his own blood, they fled on foot down Nassau Avenue.

According to Sanocki's son, the thieves knew what they were going after. "Ours was the only property that was taken," he said. "Anything here for repairs or on layaway is fine."

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Originally from the Albany area, John Del Signore has called NYC home since 1995. In addition to his thousands of meticulously-crafted bespoke blog posts for Gothamist, his writing has also been published in The Awl, Deadspin, The Nervous Breakdown, and performed at The Brick Theater in Brooklyn.

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