Police have released surveillance imagery of a robbery suspect who targeted an Upper East Side Best Buy this month.
NYPD officials have issued an alert about a robbery that took place on the Upper East Side earlier this month. Police are hoping someone from the public will be able to assist them in identifying and locating the wanted individual.
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According to the police report, the incident occurred on Sunday, February 9 at about 7:40 p.m., when “the unidentified individual entered a commercial establishment located at 1280 Lexington Avenue and began removing items from the store.”
The building, located between 86th and 87th streets, houses several businesses. Police sources told Patch that the suspect “stole $2,000 worth of merchandise” from the Best Buy store.
When a 34-year-old male employee attempted to confront the suspect, “the employee sustained a laceration to the right hand while trying to retrieve the store item,” police say.
The unidentified suspect ran out of the store and headed east down Third Avenue.
The employee’s injury was treated onsite by EMS.
Anyone with relevant information 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 by sending a direct message to @NYPDTips on Twitter. All calls are strictly confidential.
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Whoa! He looks familiar. I could have sworn I’ve seen him before. It’s almost as if every perp in these crime articles is related. Must be a family business.