Crime & Safety
Box Cutter-Armed Midtown Robbers Steal Over $600 In Vitamins: NYPD
Three men stormed a Duane Reade on Seventh Avenue earlier this month and made off with $662 worth of vitamins, police said.
MIDTOWN, NY — Three men stormed a Duane Reade and threatened a worker with a boxcutter as they fled with over $650 worth of vitamins, police said.
The trio of health nuts busted into the convenience store at around 10:15 p.m. on June 12 and started swiping vitamins from the shop's shelves, according to officials.
One of the men flashed a boxcutter and "menaced" a store employee as the group departed, said a police spokesperson.
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Officials said there were no injuries and that the three men made off with around $662 worth of vitamins in total.
Police also released images from the incident.
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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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