Suspect wanted in Bushwick Hotel robbery

Police are looking for a man who robbed the Bushwick Hotel, located at 171 Bushwick Avenue, on Saturday night.

Authorities say that on Saturday at 11:26 a.m., the suspected kicked open the office door for the hotel. He used an unknown object to hit a 36-year-old employee over the head.

The suspect then took $1,000 in cash from the office and fled.

The employee had a cut to his eye and was treated at Woodhull Hospital for his injury.

Anyone with information in regards to this incident is asked to call the NYPD’s Crime Stoppers Hotline at 800-577-TIPS or for Spanish 1-888-57-PISTA (74782). The public can also submit their tips by logging onto the Crime Stoppers Website at WWW.NYPDCRIMESTOPPERS.COM or texting their tips to 274637(CRIMES) then enter TIP577.