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Gunpoint Thai ‘takeout’

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The Upper West Side crime blotter

 

On Wed., Feb. 11, around 10:25 p.m., a man entered Lan Larb Soho restaurant, at 227 Centre St., near Grand St. and displayed a firearm while demanding cash. The suspect fired one shot into the Thai eatery’s ceiling before a 26-year-old female employee opened the cash register. The suspect then took the cash tray, removed about $200 in cash, and fled.

Police provided surveillance video of the suspect, who was described as a white male.

Anyone with information about this incident is asked to call the New York Police Department’s Crime Stoppers Hotline at 800-577-TIPS. Tips can also be submitted by logging onto the Crime Stoppers Web site, www.nypdcrimestoppers.com, or texting them to 274637(CRIMES) and then entering TIP577. All tips are confidential.