Robbers Pepper-Spray Employees At Upper East Side Sephora: Police

UPPER EAST SIDE, NY — Police have released photos of two suspects wanted in connection with a violent attempted robbery at an Upper East Side makeup store that left two store employees injured.

Police are asking the public's help to identify a man and woman who entered a Sephora located at 750 Lexington Avenue, between East 59th and 60th streets, with the intention of stealing makeup, police told Patch. The two suspects entered the store around 5:33 p.m. on Wednesday, Dec. 14, and grabbed items of the shelves, police said.

When two store employees — a 24-year-old woman and 21-year-old man — attempted to stop the suspects from exiting the store with the stolen goods the female suspect pepper-sprayed the employees, police said. The suspects then dropped the merchandize and fled the store heading south on Lexington Avenue, police said.

The two pepper-sprayed employees were treated on scene by EMS, police said.

Police described the male suspect (pictured above) as in his early 20s. Police said the man stands 5-foot-7 and weighs about 180 pounds. The man was last seen wearing a black hat, black jeans, and black bubble coat, police said.

The female suspect (pictured above) is in her early 20s, standing 5-foot-3 and weighing around 135 pounds, police said. She has long black hair and was last seen wearing a purple bubble coat, blue jeans and white sneakers, police told Patch.

Anyone with information is asked to call the NYPD's Crime Stoppers Hotline at 1-800-577-TIPS (8477) or 1-888-57-PISTA (74782) for Spanish. The public can also submit their tips by logging onto the Crime stoppers website or by texting their tips to 274637 (CRIMES) and entering TIP577. All tips are confidential.

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