Port Chester Grocery Store Robbed At Gunpoint

PORT CHESTER, N.Y. -- A Port Chester grocery store was robbed at gunpoint Monday afternoon, according to police.

Port Chester Police are investigating an armed robbery Monday afternoon at the El Paisano grocery store on Grace Church Street.
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09/17/2013 3:00 p.m.

Police received a panic alarm from El Paisano on Grace Church Street at around 3:30 p.m. Monday, according to Lt. James Ladeairous. When officers arrived, the manager told them a man had entered and forced her to open the cash registers. He took the money, which Ladaeirous said totaled between $2,000 and $3,000, and then ran out of the store.

Nobody was hurt in the robbery. A 15-year-old girl and a 12-year-old boy were in the store when the robbery occurred and were ordered to the back of the store during the incident, police said.

The robber was described as a Caucasian or light-skinned Hispanic man in his 30s, thin and between 5'7" and 5'10". He wore a navy blue hat, sunglasses, a grey sweatshirt, jeans, black boots and black gloves. He was brandishing a silver handgun, according to Ladaeirous.

The matter still is being investigated.

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