What to Know
- Police say eight men stole tower speakers and assaulted an employee at a Family Dollar in Bedford-Stuyvesant over the weekend
- Police released video showing some of the men quarreling with an employee as others dash out of the store with the speakers
- At one point the robbers throw shopping baskets at the employee
A group of more than half a dozen men stole speakers from a Brooklyn dollar store and ganged up on an employee when he tried to stop them, police say.
The NYPD released video of the brazen robbery on Monday in the hopes of identifying the eight men involved.
The video shows some of the men entering the Atlantic Avenue Family Dollar in Bedford-Stuyvesant around 8:30 p.m. Saturday.
Moments later the video cuts to a 24-year-old employee trying to wrestle the men out of the store as they force their way inside. Some of the men grab boxes of speakers and others tussle with the employee.
The men return at some point and begin tossing shopping baskets at the employee before taking off.
Police said the men stole nine tower speakers from the store and assaulted the employee, who suffered minor injuries.
The NYPD asks anyone with information to call Crime Stoppers at 1-800-577-TIPS.
