Teen Charged With Robbing Store, Attacking Security
E Garden City NJ March 29 2018 A teenager from New Jersey was arrested on Sunday afternoon after police say she and accomplice tried to rob a store in the Roosevelt Field Mall.
According to police, Gianna Sanchez, 19, of Adams Ter Clifton, New Jersey, entered the Sephora store in the mall, located at 630 Old Country Road in East Garden City, with an unidentified man around 2 p.m. Police say the two were taking merchandise from the shelves and hiding it in a handbag Sanchez was carrying. According to police, a loss prevention agent in the store saw the two leave the store without paying, and then identified himself to them in an attempt to retrieve the merchandise.
When he did, police say that Sanchez punched him in the face twice and then began to scratch him in the face and neck. Sanchez and her accomplice then ran to the parking lot, police say, and toward a four-door black Nissan. The man got in the driver’s seat, but the loss prevention officer managed to block Sanchez from getting in, and the man drove away. The loss prevention officer was able to make out a New York license plate on the car with the partial registration of HSK.
Police arrived on the scene and arrested Sanchez, and say they determined that the two were responsible for robbing the same Sephora on March 10.
Sanchez was charged with second-degree robbery, two counts of burglary, two counts of grand larceny and two counts of criminal possession of an anti-security item.
The unidentified man is 5 feet, 8 inches tall, 180 pounds, between 24 and 28 years old, wearing a black jump suit with a white stripe.
Detectives request anyone with information regarding the man to contact Nassau County Crime Stoppers at 1-800-244-TIPS. All callers will remain anonymous, and you could receive a cash reward if your information leads to an arrest.
