Hardware store employee feared for her life, after asking an unmasked customer to mask up

Hardware store employee feared for her life, after asking an unmasked customer to mask up

Garden City Park, NY-  Officials in Nassau County say an irate unmasked man, threatened an Ace Hardware employee over the weekend in Garden City Park.  According to Detectives, on Friday afternoon, a white man entered Costello’s Ace Hardware on Jericho Turnpike without wearing a mask.  A female store employee asked the man to put on a face covering.  The suspect allegedly became irate and began cursing at the 23-year-old store clerk.  When the suspect left the store, he threatened the victim and place her in fear for her life.  The man is said to have left the scene in a white Sport Utility Vehicle.  Police are asking anyone with information to call Nassau County Police Crime Stoppers at 1-800-224-TIPS.

 

Photo: Photograph of suspect who allegedly cursed at and threatened a store employee at Costello’s Ace Hardware in Garden City Park on May 14, 2021.  Photo from Nassau County Police Department