Have You Seen Him? Lyndhurst Police Hunt $2,000 Gas Station Thief

LYNDHURST, N.J. -- Lyndhurst police Wednesday night released surveillance photos of a man who they said swiped nearly $2,000 from an unsecured drawer at a local gas station.

He's about 6-foot-3 and 230 pounds, police said.
Photo Credit: *COURTESY: Lyndhurst PD*

Anyone with information that can help the investigation is asked to call Lyndhurst police at (201) 939-2900.
Photo Credit: *COURTESY: Lyndhurst PD*

Anonymous tips can be called in to: (201) 804-9346.
Photo Credit: *COURTESY: Lyndhurst PD*

Jerry DeMarco

08/17/2016 7:13 p.m.

The thief entered the office area of the Shell Station on Ridge Road around 9 a.m. Wednesday while station attendants were busy with customers and snatched the money, Detective Vin Auteri said.

He was described as black, about 6-foot-3 and 230 pounds, with a beard, tight corn rows and a right arm covered in tattoos.

Anyone with information that can help the investigation is asked to call Lyndhurst police at (201) 939-2900.

Anonymous tips can be called in to: (201) 804-9346.

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