Shoplifting duo at NYC Duane Reade pull box cutter on worker: cops

A pair of robbers swiped paper towels from a Manhattan Duane Reade – one among them utilizing a field cutter to threaten an worker who tried to intervene, authorities stated. 

A person and lady snatched 4 packs of the towels from the cabinets on the drug retailer on Park Avenue South close to East twenty eighth Road round 9:10 a.m. Jan. 27, cops stated. 

When a 43-year-old employee confronted the duo, the male suspect pulled a field cutter on her and snarled, “If you happen to maintain recording, I'll harm you,” police stated.

It was unclear whether or not the worker was filming the suspects. 

The duo, proven in a surveillance picture launched by cops late Monday, left with the towels, heading north on Park Avenue South. 

No accidents have been reported. 

The incident happened two weeks earlier than a shoplifter brutally attacked a feminine retailer worker who confronted him for pilfering merchandise from a freezer at a Morningside Heights Duane Reade, cops stated. 

The person allegedly punched the 21-year-old employee within the face, grabbed her hair and threw her to the bottom, in line with the NYPD.

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The incident occurred on the Duane Reade on Park Avenue South close to East twenty eighth Road
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Simply final week, a Manhattan Ceremony Support dwelling to a sequence of shoplifting incidents shut its doorways, in a beforehand introduced transfer.

Additionally final week, a person was caught on video by The Publish allegedly stealing a couple of dozen steaks from a Manhattan Dealer Joe’s on Tuesday.

The “hamburglar” heist prompted the pinnacle of grocery store chain Gristedes to disclose he plans to beef up safety at his shops.

And final month, actor and comic Michael Rapaport fumed out in a social media publish about an alleged shoplifter overtly strolling out of a Manhattan Ceremony Support – previous a safety guard, whereas carrying baggage, apparently holding his loot.

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