NY grocery workers tied up during robbery

NEWBURGH, N.Y. (AP) - Police say a robber tied up four workers at a Hudson Valley grocery store and fled with cash and lottery tickets.

The robbery happened Friday night at a ShopRite store in Newburgh.

The Times Herald-Record of Middletown reports (https://bit.ly/1dYAsxC ) that the robber made the store manager open a safe at gunpoint.

Police said the robber tied up the manager and three other employees and then fled with an unknown amount of cash as well as lottery tickets.

The manager eventually broke free and called police.

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Information from: The Times Herald-Record, https://www.th-record.com