Inwood business robbed, cashier injured

Acting as if he had a gun, a man allegedly robbed an Inwood business of an unspecified amount of money and struck the cashier in the face before fleeing the scene on Dec. 23, police said.

At 11:20 a.m., the man entered Jeymar USA Corporation at 131 Doughty Blvd. with a black plastic bag in his right hand suggesting he had a gun, according to police. He then jumped through the cashier window and took an unknown amount of cash.

Before leaving, the man allegedly hit the 53-year-old woman cashier. She suffered a cut to her right cheek and was treated at the scene. The man fled on foot and headed west on Morris Avenue.

He is described as a black man in his 30s, approximately 5-feet-10-inches tall, 200 pounds, wearing a black mouton hat, a black mask, a black canvass jacket, black pants and tan work boots.

Police ask anyone with information about this incident to contact Nassau County Crime Stoppers at 1-800-244-8477. All calls are kept confidential.

Jesse J. Melville, 27, of 49 Arlo Road on Staten Island, was arrested on Dec. 23 for allegedly robbing a woman at a bus stop earlier in the day.

At 2:28 p.m., Melville approached a 67-year-old woman who was waiting for the bus at the intersection of Henry Street and Wanser Avenue. He lifted his shirt to reveal a handgun and demanded money from her, police said.

Melville then grabbed her pocketbook, which contained money and other personal items, and fled east on Wanser Avenue. She called the police and a patrol officer apprehended Melville at the intersection of Doughty Boulevard and Redfern Avenue. The officer also recovered the handgun. No one was injured during the incident.

Arraigned on Dec. 24, at First District Court in Hempstead, Melville was charged with robbery-first degree and criminal possession of a weapon-third degree.