NEW YORK (1010 WINS) — The NYPD on Friday released surveillance images of a man wanted for allegedly threatening employees with a syringe while stealing from a CVS in Manhattan earlier this month.
Police said the suspect walked into the pharmacy chain located at 387 Park Avenue South in the Rose Hill neighborhood around 2 p.m. back on August 11.
He allegedly started taking items off the shelves and putting them inside his black bag.
When confronted by employees, police said the suspect pulled out a syringe and threatened to stab them with it.
He then walked out of the store with the stolen goods and was last seen heading northbound on Park Avenue South.
Police described the suspect as a light-skinned male, who wore a black baseball cap, a white mask, a black shirt, blue shorts and black sneakers.
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). The public can also submit their tips by logging onto the CrimeStoppers website or on Twitter @NYPDTips. All calls are strictly confidential.