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Newburgh city tobacco store robbed; armed man leaves with cash

Originally published: December 14, 2012 12:56 PM
Updated: December 14, 2012 1:00 PM
By RON BITTNER  ronald.bittner@cablevision.com

A Newburgh city police vehicle. (June 18, 2012)

Photo credit: Leslie Barbaro | A Newburgh city police vehicle. (June 18, 2012)

Where there were smokes, there was a firearm Thursday in a Newburgh city store. Now cops are seeking the man caught on camera in the armed robbery.

At 8:59 a.m. Thursday, a man entered the Smokes 4 Less tobacco store at 329 Broadway, showed the lone clerk a handgun and demanded she give him cash, city police said Friday.

There were no customers in the store, police said. The clerk handed...

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