{"id":109272,"date":"2026-01-23T00:45:07","date_gmt":"2026-01-23T00:45:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/109272\/"},"modified":"2026-01-23T00:45:07","modified_gmt":"2026-01-23T00:45:07","slug":"violent-robbery-pair-slashes-nyc-deli-worker-on-head-during-stick-up-all-for-2-soda-bottle-cops-sources","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/109272\/","title":{"rendered":"Violent robbery pair slashes NYC deli worker on head during stick-up \u2013 all for $2 soda bottle: cops, sources"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A violent robbery duo <a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2025\/08\/01\/us-news\/nyc-deli-worker-stabbed-to-death-by-man-in-unprovoked-attack-sources\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">slashed a Brooklyn deli worker<\/a> on the head during an early Thursday stick-up \u2013 all for a measly bottle of soda worth $2, cops and sources said.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The pair barged into the gas station deli on Sutter Avenue near Euclid Avenue in East New York around 4:20 a.m.,<a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2025\/11\/27\/us-news\/deli-worker-in-posh-nyc-nabe-arrested-for-throwing-knife-at-aggressive-intruder\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"> brandishing a knife<\/a> at the 30-year-old worker as <a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2026\/01\/08\/us-news\/3-masked-brutes-1-with-gun-ambush-nyc-bodega-workers-for-4k-cash-pricey-jewelry-in-caught-on-video-heist\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">they demanded money<\/a>, according to authorities and sources.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><img style=\"aspect-ratio:1.50146628;display:block\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-modal-image=\"38260112\" width=\"886\" height=\"590\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/119470930.jpg\" alt=\"A pair of muggers cut a Sutter Avenue deli worker on the head and ran off with a $2 bottle of soda, cops and sources said.\" class=\"wp-image-38260112\"  \/>A pair of muggers cut a Sutter Avenue deli worker on the head and ran off with a $2 bottle of soda, cops and sources said.<\/p>\n<p>When a worker tried to stop the suspects from removing items from the store, the knife-wielding perp struck him on the forehead with a knife, police said.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The determined delinquents still managed to swipe a bottle of soda worth $2, the sources said.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The pair, only described as males with medium complexions, then hopped in a black vehicle and drove off on Sutter Avenue, cops said.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The worker was taken by responding EMS workers to Brookdale University Hospital Medical Center, where he was listed in stable condition.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>No arrests had been made by later Thursday.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"A violent robbery duo slashed a Brooklyn deli worker on the head during an early Thursday stick-up \u2013&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":109273,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[98,303,8372,57,9,56,63,65,64,2955,361,58],"class_list":{"0":"post-109272","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-new-york-city","8":"tag-brooklyn","9":"tag-crime","10":"tag-east-new-york","11":"tag-metro","12":"tag-new-york","13":"tag-ny","14":"tag-nyc","15":"tag-nyc-headlines","16":"tag-nyc-news","17":"tag-robberies","18":"tag-slashings","19":"tag-us-news"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/109272","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=109272"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/109272\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/109273"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=109272"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=109272"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=109272"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}