SOUNDVIEW, the Bronx (WABC) -- Police are searching for a man after security camera video captured him walking into a pharmacy, threatening an employee with a knife, and then making off with cash and merchandise in the Bronx Wednesday.
Police say the man went into Rosedale Pharmacy on East 174 Street in the Soundview section just after 6:30 p.m., went behind the pharmacy counter, and approached an employee.
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He pulled out a wooden-handled knife and demanded money, police said.
When the employee refused, the man stole approximately $150 from the cash register and grabbed a box of protein drinks before fleeing on foot.
The pharmacy employee was not physically harmed.
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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 WWW.NYPDCRIMESTOPPERS.COM or on Twitter @NYPDTips.
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