Shoplifter Pulls Knife On Man In UES Store: Police

UPPER EAST SIDE, NY — Ever heard of personal space?

One Upper East Side crook demanded it — with a knife in hand — when a person tried to interrupt his midday thievery inside of a Lexington Avenue CVS store near East 87th Street, police said.

The crook was pilfering store goods at about noon on Sunday when a person demanded he returned the items, according to officials.

A police spokesperson could not confirm if the intervening person was a worker or a shopper.

The shoplifter shouted "don't touch me," and pulled out a knife in response, police said.

He then fled the store without further incident, officials said.

Police described the man as around five foot 10 inches tall and about 30-years-old.

Officials said the information on the incident was still preliminary and had no further details available as of Monday morning.

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).