NEW YORK (1010 WINS) – Police are searching for a pair of thieves regarding a robbery pattern with over $15,000 worth of merchandise stolen during June and July from stores in Lower Manhattan including Bloomingdales, police said.
The two men hit four different stores and stole about $15,000 worth of merchandise.
The first incident reported was in Bloomingdale's at 504 Broadway in SoHo on June 17 around 7:20 p.m. when two men stole about 13 pairs of sunglasses. An employee tried to stop them but one of the men showed a knife before exiting the store and then ran off.
A similar incident happened on June 29 around 6 p.m. when the pair went into the Zadig and Voltaire clothing store on 453 Broome St. in SoHo, and took over $5,000 worth of clothing. One of the men showed a knife with a yellow handle and put the clothes in a brown handbag. They then ran off.
This follows another incident a week earlier around 6:30 p.m. when the pair went into the Paige store at 460 Broome St. in SoHo and took clothes worth over $1,000.
The latest robbery happened on July 8 at Scotch and Soda clothing store located at 90 Orchard St. on the Lower East Side, but this time, the men showed a gun and stole clothes worth more than $3,000. The men then fled the scene.
There were no injuries reported as a result of the incidents.
The two unidentified men are described to be in their 30s, according to police.
Anyone with information in regard to this incident is asked to call the NYPD's Crime Stoppers Hotline at 1-800-577-TIPS (8477) or for Spanish, 1-888-57-PISTA (74782).
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