Police say he has struck six times in the last month - though in two cases he got nothing.
The more recent incident was last Sunday when a store on 31-21 Ditmars Boulevard was robbed of $7,000.
Police say the man often says he has a gun but has never shown one.
In two of the more recent incidents, store employees were assaulted.
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