Pleasantville police officers Fred and Barney were dispatched to investigate a robbery alarm call at the Hop-In liquor store. Central dispatch advised the responding units that they had attempted to call the store by phone, but there had been no answer. Upon arrival at the Hop-In, responding officers found the front door standing wide open and a male store clerk lying on the floor inside, deceased from an apparent gunshot wound to the chest. The cash register was empty and the store had been ransacked.

Officers quickly reviewed the store’s security videotape for evidence. The video depicted two male suspects, one wearing a red hooded sweatshirt and the other wearing a green T-shirt and blue baseball cap. Officers broadcast the suspects’ descriptions to other Pleasantville officers, and within an hour, two suspects were under arrest for the robbery and murder of the store clerk. The suspects were identified as Larry and Moe. Larry and Moe were booked into the Pleasantville jai