Stephen Robinson The victim, on a stretcher, being treated by medics.A would-be robber cracked a female employee at Snack Dragon in the head with a tip jar he tried to snatch at around 2 a.m.
Stephen Robinson Bloody gauze at the scene.“Somebody walked in there and tried to take the tip jar,” said Deputy Inspector John Cappelmann, who confirmed the incident on East Third Street near Avenue B. “The female tried to stop the perp, and he wound up using it as a weapon.”
The victim required stitches in her head. Bloody gauze was left at the scene, where several stunned witnesses lingered until around 3 a.m.
One of the bystanders, who did not give his name, said he tried to pursue the suspect who fled the scene, but lost him on Avenue C.
Inspector Cappelmann added that investigators from the Ninth Precinct were on the verge of arresting a suspect.
Stephen Robinson The scene at East Third Street and Avenue B.