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Police: NY man tries robbery with paintball gun

(Agencies)
Updated: 2009-12-09 10:31

YONKERS: Police said a man tried to rob a New York diner while wearing a paintball mask and carrying a paintball gun. Yonkers police Sgt. Patrick McCormack said the man was subdued at the Broadway Diner by four volunteer members of the city Office of Emergency Management.

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McCormack said Tuesday that 31-year-old Carlos Abreu of Manhattan entered the diner late Monday night and demanded cash. The suspect wore a full-face paintball mask and carried what looked like a handgun.

McCormack said the OEM members confronted him, subdued him and called police.

Abreu was awaiting arraignment Tuesday on a charge of attempted robbery. No lawyer was listed for him at City Court.

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