Dollar Tree Clerk Threatened With Hammer In Shirley: Police

SHIRLEY, NY — A clerk was threatened with a hammer in an attempted robbery at Dollar Tree in Shirley on Saturday, Suffolk police said.

A male went inside the discount store’s office with a hammer and told the clerk, “This is a robbery,” but was startled and ran off at around 7:20 p.m., according to police.

It happened at the store’s location on William Floyd Parkway, police said.

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It appears that he did not make off with any cash, a police spokesman said.

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The incident has been classified first-degree robbery.

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