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Robbers Swipe MetroCards from Upper East Side Store

By DNAinfo Staff on April 30, 2011 9:57am  | Updated on May 1, 2011 9:49am

These are the suspects wanted for the robbery of a convenience store on East 80th Street on the Upper East Side.
These are the suspects wanted for the robbery of a convenience store on East 80th Street on the Upper East Side.
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Courtesy of the NYPD

By Tom Liddy

DNAinfo Reporter/Producer

UPPER EAST SIDE - A pair of crooks, including one sporting clothes bearing a skull and crossbones, ripped off an Upper East Side store, making off with MetroCards and cash, cops said.

The thieves allegedly struck at convenience store on East 80th Street, near Second Avenue on April 22.

Around 1:30 p.m., they walked into the store and assaulted a worker before making off with MetroCards and cash.

It's not clear how badly the worker was injured.

One of the suspects is described as 5-foot-10, 180 pounds, wearing a dark hooded sweatshirt with a skull and crossbones on the front.

The other suspect was wearing a ski mask a denim jacket and gloves.