Duo Fake Having Gun To Rob West Village Store: Police See Pattern

WEST VILLAGE, NY — Two men walked into a West Village business in the middle of the day, pretended to have a gun, and took hundreds of dollars in goods, police said on Wednesday.

The robbers walked into a store at 85 Christopher Street on May 11 around 2:11 p.m., and approached an employee as one of the men simulated having a gun, police said.

The duo demanded items and ended up grabbing $153 from the register and merchandise valued at $370, police said.

The two men then ran west on Grove Street, police said.

There were no injuries, police added.

There are three businesses located at 85 Christopher Street — Grand Cleaners, Kids Kip, and CPR 4Bar — but it is unclear which store was robbed.

NYPD has since tied the West Village robbery to a different incident on May 9, when two men also walked into a store at 206 Avenue B and made verbal threats to an employee, while demanding property, police said.

The robbers grabbed $265 from the cash register and ran out of the store, police said.

NYPD released photos Wednesday of the two men wanted in connection with the robberies.

Anyone with information in regard to the identity of this individual is asked to call the NYPD's Crime Stoppers Hotline at 1-800-577-TIPS (8477).