Almost $7K worth of lottery tickets stolen in NYC: NYPD
NEW YORK (PIX11) -- Police are searching for two individuals in connection to a citywide burglary pattern involving lottery tickets.
The suspects are accused of stealing lottery tickets valued at around $6.9K in Manhattan and Queens.
The first incident happened on Dec. 26. Police say the two suspects entered a business at 46 8th Avenue around 8:30 p.m., acted as though they had a firearm, and took around $2,100 worth of lottery tickets. They fled in an unknown direction.
The second incident happened on Jan. 8. around 8:20 p.m. at a business at 31-02 Broadway. The two suspects displayed a firearm and took around $4,800 worth of lottery tickets, police say. The two then fled and were seen entering Broadway subway station.
The NYPD obtained the following surveillance photos of the suspects from cameras at the subway station.
No one was injured in either incident, police say.
Submit tips to police by calling Crime Stoppers at 1-800-577-TIPS (8477), visiting crimestoppers.nypdonline.org, downloading the NYPD Crime Stoppers mobile app, or texting 274637 (CRIMES) then entering TIP577. Spanish-speaking callers are asked to dial 1-888-57-PISTA (74782).
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