NEW YORK (1010 WINS) — Police are searching for a man who robbed an Upper West Side smoke shop using pepper spray last week.
The thief brandished pepper spray at the 25-year-old man behind the desk at Millenium Smoke and News on Broadway near West 85th Street around 2:07 p.m. on April 2, officials said.
The store clerk handed over about $1,000 in cash and about $500 worth of products, and the robber fled on foot.
No one was injured during the robbery.
Police are asking anyone with information on the robbery to call the NYPD's Crime Stoppers Hotline at 1-800-577-TIPS (8477) or for Spanish, 1-888-57-PISTA (74782). Anonymous tips can also be submitted on the Crime Stoppers website or on Twitter @NYPDTips
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