4 Men Rob Tobacco Shop On The Upper West Side: Police

Upper West Side NY

18 May, 2021

10:07 AM

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UPPER WEST SIDE, NY — Police released photos on Monday night of four men wanted in connection to a store robbery that happened on the Upper West Side at the end of April. The unidentified group forced their way into the local small business by breaking a side entrance door, according to NYPD. On April 29, at 7:45 p.m., the four men pushed their way into Alex's Tobacco Shop at 2061 Broadway, between West 71st and 72nd Streets. Once inside, the group of robbers took multiple books of lottery tickets and cartons of cigarettes, before fleeing into the Upper West Side neighborhood, according to police. Police released four pictures Monday night of the men wanted in connection to the robbery. Anyone with information in regard to this incident is asked to call the NYPD's Crime Stoppers Hotline at 1-800-577-TIPS (8477).