Crime & Safety
Details Emerge in Gunpoint Robbery in Riverside; Tip Line Open [Update]
Employees reportedly were ordered into a back room by a black male brandishing a handgun in Sunday's robbery at a Radio Shack in Riverside. No one was injured.
Update 2:20 p.m.
The suspect in Sunday’s gunpoint robbery of Radio Shack in Riverside made out with a “small amount of cash from the day’s proceeds,” Greenwich police said.
No one was injured in the Riverside Commons shopping plaza robbery. Police describe the suspect as a black male of average height and weight, wearing a full face mask, gray sweatshirt, white T-shirt exposed under the waist and jeans.
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In a new development, police say the suspect left in a Green Audi A6 with a Delaware license plate.
“The Greenwich Police Detective Division is conducting the follow-up investigation,” said Greenwich police Lt. Kraig Gray, the department’s public information officer. “No photograph or surveillance [photos] will be released at this time.”
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Police are encouraging anyone with information on the robbery to contact the department’s tip line at (203) 622-3333, (800) 372-1176 or tips@greenwichct.org.
Sunday’s incident is the latest in a string of armed robberies targeting Greenwich shops.
Two months ago at Riverside Commons, a man was arrested after a 24-hour CVS located eight doors away from the Radio Shack. The plaza is located directly across East Putnam Avenue from Exit 5 on and off ramps for Interstate 95, northbound and southbound. One month ago, two men who know each other were arrested following of chain stores on Greenwich Avenue — a CVS and a Subway restaurant — though each appears to have acted on his own.
Original Story
The Radio Shack store at 1265 E. Putnam Ave. was robbed Sunday afternoon by a man brandishing a handgun who ordered store employees into a back room.
The employees told police a black male wearing a full face mask entered the store at around 3:15 p.m., and after forcing them into the back room, stole an undetermined amount of cash. There were no injuries.
A description of a vehicle believed used by the gunman was broadcast after the robbery, but a news release from Lt. Kraig Gray, public information officer for Greenwich Police, said information about the vehicle was being investigated.
(Editor's Note: This story originally was published Sunday March 20.)
