Crime & Safety

North New Hyde Park Nail Salon Robbed Monday

Cleo Nails and Spa at 2044 Hillside Ave. robbed by suspect who matches description of other nail salon robberies.

Nassau County Police are searching for a robbery suspect who stole an undetermined amount of cash from a nail salon in North New Hyde Park on late Monday afternoon.

According to detectives, at about 6:16 p.m., a white male suspect, 5’ 7” tall, in his fifties wearing a blue sweatshirt, blue scarf, black hat and black pants entered Cleo Nails and Spa located at 2044 Hillside Ave. armed with a black handgun and announced a robbery.

The suspect took an undisclosed amount of cash and fled on foot. He was last seen running southbound towards the rear parking lot of the building.

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There were two customers and one employee in the salon at the time.  No injuries were reported. The description of the suspect matches that of several previous nail salon robberies.

Detectives ask anyone with information about this crime to contact Nassau County Crime Stoppers at 1-800-244-TIPS. All callers will remain anonymous.

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