'Acid'-Toting Robber Hunted By Police On Upper East Side

UPPER EAST SIDE, NY — Police have released photos and video of a man suspected of threatening two women with acid during robberies at the same Upper East Side bank.

The suspect, a currently unidentified man, is wanted for robbing two women this month in a Citi Bank on First Avenue and East 86th Street, police told Patch. During both robberies the man approached his victims and brandished a bottle with an unknown liquid, telling the women that it contained acid.

The man then threatened both women to withdraw $1,000 from the bank's ATM or else he would splash them with the acid, police said.

The first robbery occurred on May 12 around 5:30 p.m., police said. The man robbed and threatened a 22-year-old woman who complied with the man's threats and gave him $1,000. The second robbery occurred on May 29 around 1:30 p.m., police said. The 36-year-old victim gave the man $500, police said.

The NYPD released surveillance video of the suspect entering the Citi Bank holding a plastic bag. The man appears to set the bag down on a table inside the bank and take a bottle out of the bag.

See the surveillance video below:

Anyone with information is asked to call the NYPD's Crime Stoppers Hotline at 1-800-577-TIPS (8477) y 1-888-57-PISTA (74782) para Español.

Photo/video by NYPD