NEW YORK (1010 WINS) — A man robbed a Lower Manhattan Thai restaurant last week after his accomplice posed as a sanitation worker to distract an employee, police said.
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Just after 10:15 a.m. on Aug. 30, a man dressed as a sanitation worker went into Top Thai restaurant at 55 Carmine Street in the West Village, cops said.
The phony sanitation worker struck up a conversation with an employee about the garbage placed outside and dining not being up to code, according to authorities.
While the employee was distracted, a second man stole $400 from the cash register before they both fled the scene. No injuries were reported as a result, officials said.
The suspects are described as being in their 50s. One of them was last seen wearing a yellow collar dress shirt, multi-color tie, black pants, black shoes, black face mask and sunglasses. The other was last seen wearing a black t-shirt, dark blue jeans, brown shoes, black hat, multi-color face mask and sunglasses.
Anyone with information in regard to this incident is asked to call the NYPD's Crime Stoppers Hotline at 1-800-577-TIPS (8477).
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