Shoplifter Threatens Worker with Knife at Walgreens

Shoplifter Pulls Knife on Walgreens Employee in Garment District 

The NYPD is searching for this man in connection with a shoplifting at a Walgreens. The man is suspected of pulling a knife on a worker. -Photo by NYPD

By Dan Gesslein 

Manhattan Voice 

December 8, 2023 

MANHATTAN - A shoplifter pulled a knife on a store worker when he tried to stop him at a Walgreens in the Garment District, the NYPD said. 

At around 2:30 pm on November 26, a 27-year-old store employee inside a Walgreens observed a man with merchandise who tried to leave the store without paying. As the worker tried to stop the man, the shoplifter pulled out a knife and threatened him, cops said.  

When the worker backed off, the shoplifter hopped on a CitiBike and rode northbound on 10th Avenue.

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The NYPD released surveillance video of the suspect. He is described as a male with a medium complexion and is in his 40s. 

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). The public can also submit their tips by logging onto the CrimeStoppers website at https://crimestoppers.nypdonline.org/ or on Twitter @NYPDTips. 

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