Scooter bandit speeds off after armed Brooklyn holdup nets just $2

Scooter bandit flashes gun and steals just $2 during bizarre Brooklyn robbery

BROOKLYN, NY — Police are searching for a gunman who stormed into a Brooklyn business early Sunday, threatened two women with a firearm and escaped with just $2 and a cellphone before speeding away on a scooter.

The robbery happened around 1:18 a.m. May 10 inside a commercial establishment located at 422 Ditmas Avenue in the confines of the NYPD’s 66th Precinct.

According to investigators, an unidentified man entered the business and displayed a firearm to a 56-year-old woman and a 49-year-old woman inside...