NEW YORK (1010 WINS) — Five New York City men were busted after they attacked Long Island AT&T store workers in a $60,000 robbery, police said Friday.
Just after 4 p.m. on Wednesday, three of the suspects — Ibrahim Fofana, 19, Ousmane Diallo, 18, and Daouda Diarrassouba, 19 — walked inside the East Meadow store on Hempstead Turnpike and punched a 23-year-old employee, knocking him to the ground, according to Nassau County Police.
The victim and a 23-year-old female worker were then threatened with a large-handled knife and forced into the back storage room. The men sliced the woman's right pinky finger, causing a laceration, police said.
Cops said the trio did not allow the victims to leave the room and forced them to unlock the store safe.
The suspects removed numerous cell phones, iPads and AirPods worth about $60,000. They also stole the male victim's cellphone and $50 from the cash register.
According to police, the robbery crew fled the store through a rear emergency door and jumped in a blue Toyota RAV4. Police said Mujib Bonkano, 20, and Amadou Niono, 21, were waiting for the three men in the getaway vehicle.
The NYPD was able to locate the vehicle and arrest the five suspects without incident.
Fofana, Diallo, Diarrassouba, Bonkano and Niono are charged with first- and second-degree robbery, second- and third-degree assault and two counts of first-degree unlawful imprisonment.
Fofana, Diallo and Diarrassouba are also charged with fourth-degree criminal possession of a weapon.
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