On October 5, the suspect entered the Travelex Currency Exchange located in The Plaza Hotel and requested to purchase 500 euros. As the employee was counting the money, the suspect displayed a handgun and grabbed the currency out of the employee's hand and fled.
Cops released additional surveillance photos late Thursday as they continue to hunt for the gunman who robbed 3,000 euros from a shop inside The Plaza Hotel in Midtown.
The new images of the suspect, sporting a pair of glasses and a black peacoat, were taken on the street just before he entered the posh Fifth Ave. hotel about 11 a.m. Monday, cops said.
Andrew Savulich/New York Daily News The robber entered the posh midtown hotel around 11 a.m. Monday, and was last seen walking down W 58th St.
The robber entered the Travelex Currency Exchange in the basement of the hotel and asked to purchase 500 euros, according to police.
As the clerk counted the currency the crook flashed a gun and grabbed the money out of the employee’s hand.
He ran off with the loot — worth just under $3,400 U.S. dollars — and was last seen walking down W. 58th St., police said.
No injuries were reported.
The suspect is described as black, bald, 5-foot-9 and 160-pounds.
Andrew Savulich/New York Daily News Police investigate the armed robbery of a currency exchange shop inside the Plaza Hotel on Monday.
Andrew Savulich/New York Daily News The robber, who is still being sought by the NYPD, walked away with 3,00 meuros, equal to just under $3,400.
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