By Sonja Sharp
DNAinfo Reporter/Producer
MANHATTAN — Police are searching for two men believed to be responsible for a string of robberies last month that targeted a pawn shop and a sex store.
In the first incident, an employee at Seventh Avenue sex toy store Pleasure Chest was threatened with what a robber claimed was a gun just before 3 p.m. on October 13.
"Don't move, don't move, open the register," the assailant allegedly told the employee in the store, close to 19th Street, before clearing out the register and fleeing on foot.
On October 20, two robberies occured just minutes apart. At about 3:10 p.m., a man brandishing a silver firearm made off with cash from luggage-seller Braccialini New York on West Broadway.
Just 25 minutes later, a man with a silver gun absconded with cash and jewelry from E-Z Pawn Corp. on West 14th Street, about a mile away.
Police say they are looking for two men between 25 and 35 years-old, one between 5-foot-5 and 5-foot-7 and the other six feet tall, with thin to medium builds.
Anyone with information in regards to any of these robberies is asked to call the NYPD's Crime Stoppers Hotline at 800-577-TIPS.
The public can also submit their tips by logging onto the Crime Stoppers Website at WWW.NYPDCRIMESTOPPERS.COM or texting their tips to 274637(CRIMES) then enter TIP577.
