Dumb Criminal of the Day!

A not-so-clever bandit waving a gun barked orders at a Queens deli clerk before he remembered to pull his ski mask down over his face.

The dim-witted crook is seen on surveillance video storming up to the counter inside Alba’s Grocery Store on Metropolitan Avenue in Kew Gardens just after midnight on Dec. 21. Two accomplices are keeping watch behind him.

Sporting a black jacket, dark pants and a red T-shirt, the chubby-cheeked thief grabbed a customer, slammed him against a freezer with one hand and pointed an apparent 9mm at the counter person with the other hand.


He then shouted cash demands at the worker while he waved the gun. Suddenly, he remembered the ski mask on top of his head and yanked it down, but his face had already exposed.

The crooks stole about $3,500 and ten T-Mobile calling cards, before fleeing, possibly in a gray or silver Dodge Charger.

Police said the thieves are responsible for three other similar gunpoint robberies at Queens stores that netted them over $1,500.

Anyone with information in regards to these robberies is asked to call the New York Police Department's Crime Stoppers Hotline at 1-800-577-TIPS. People can also submit their tips by logging onto the Crime Stoppers web site at www.nypdcrimestoppers.com or texting their tips to 274637 (crimes) and then entering TIP577.


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