Crime & Safety
Police Still Searching For Yorkville Smoke Shop Robbers: NYPD
The robbers hit the Second Avenue smoke shop on May 5, officials said.
UPPER EAST SIDE, NY — Police are still looking for two robbers who ripped off a Yorkville smoke shop in early May, according to authorities.
The two suspected crooks entered a smoke shop on Second Avenue between East 83rd and 82nd streets on May 5 at about 10:40 p.m. and jumped behind the counter to help themselves to a number of goods and items, police said.
Unsurprisingly, officials said that the fleeing thieves declined to purchase the items, and took off uptown on Second Avenue. Police said there were no injuries reported.
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Officials released images of two people being sought earlier this week.
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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