Employee injured in Macy’s robbery

Dover police say this suspect punched a Macy's employee. (Photo: Dover Police Department)
Dover police say this suspect punched a Macy’s employee. (Photo: Dover Police Department)

DOVER, DELAWARE (10/19/2015) An employee was punched by one of two suspects in a robbery at the Macy’s store in the Dover Mall, city police said today.

The robbery at 1365 N. DuPont Highway (U.S. 13) happened just after 4 p.m. Saturday, Master Cpl. Mark Hoffman said.

He said two males were attempting to flee the store with stolen merchandise when a loss prevention employee attempted to intervene. One of the pair struck the employee with a closed fist, causing minor injury, Hoffman said.

Police released a surveillance image of the suspect who hit the employee, Hoffman said, and he described the other as a black male about 5-feet-10, weighing 200 pounds and wearing a black and white jacket.

He asked anyone with information to call police at 302-736-7111.

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