Police: 2 men hold up Paterson bodega at gunpoint

Police say an armed robbery at a small grocery store just before 8 p.m. on Thursday in Paterson was caught on tape. Two men are seen in surveillance video robbing the store at gunpoint. Paterson police

News 12 Staff

Dec 11, 2011, 5:28 AM

Updated 4,686 days ago

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Police say an armed robbery at a small grocery store just before 8 p.m. on Thursday in Paterson was caught on tape. Two men are seen in surveillance video robbing the store at gunpoint. Paterson police are now looking for the two men, who they say took over $650 in cash from the store owner, Manuel Martinez. Investigators describe one of the suspects as a light-skinned Hispanic male between 17 and 20 years old, about 5'8" tall and 140 pounds. In the surveillance video he can be seen wearing a distinctive red and white striped ski parka with a fur lined hood.
Police describe the second suspect as a dark-skinned Hispanic, also about 5'8" tall and around 135 pounds. In the surveillance video, he's wearing blue jeans and a gray hooded sweatshirt.
Anyone with information is urged to call Paterson police.