STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. — The NYPD is investigating a New Brighton robbery in which a man made off with three bags of rock salt, according to a department spokesperson.
The robbery allegedly took place at around 1:28 p.m. on Friday in the rear of 15 Bank St., the NYPD said. Google Maps shows a warehouse at this location.
At that time, a 60-year-old man encountered a male individual removing salt from the site without permission and informed him that he was trespassing.
A spokesperson with the Deputy Commissioner of Public Information’s Office told the Advance/SILive.com that the man was just “passing by the location.”
After being told to leave, the unknown individual allegedly displayed a knife to the 60-year-old man and fled in a Mazda CX9 with the three bags of salt, according to police.
No arrests have been made and the investigation remains ongoing, the spokesperson added.