Clerk assaulted during robbery

A knife-wielding man assaulted an employee inside a Rockaway Ave. candy store on Feb. 24, causing minor lacerations to the victim’s hand, before fleeing with a cash register drawer containing cash, police said.

The suspect entered the Evan’s Corner Candy Store at 2:17 p.m, approached the 51-year-old clerk and demanded cash while displaying a large butcher knife, according to police. A brief struggle ensued before the suspect removed the drawer, which contained an undetermined amount of cash, and fled out the door. He was seen getting into a white Hyundai with yellow New York State plates. The car fled west on Ligget Road.

The suspect was described as black, 5-foot-6, between 160 and 170 pounds and wearing a black hooded sweatshirt, dark glasses, black gloves and a tan scarf over his face.

The victim refused medical attention at the scene.

Detectives request that anyone with information regarding this crime please contact the Nassau County Crime Stoppers at 1-800-244-TIPS. All callers will remain anonymous.