Elizabeth Police officials reported no physical injuries in an armed robbery of a supermarket in the city on New Years's evening.
Elizabeth law enforcement officials said at approximately 6:30 p.m., police responded to reports of an armed robbery in progress at the Giant Farm Market located at 1081 Elizabeth Avenue.
Several units arrived at the scene and found a cashier who notified police of the robbery by dialing 911.
The employee reported that a black male dressed in all black face-covering entered the supermarket then walked behind the counter.
According to police, the assailant brandished a knife and told the cashier to "open the register."
The suspect took $2,700 before fleeing the scene on foot towards East Jersey Street, police officials said.
Elizabeth Police are on the search for the suspect.