THEY ARE HOPING THIS NEW,
CLEARER SURVEILLANCE IMAGE WILL
LEAD TO HIS ARREST.
INVESTIGATORS SAY HE CAME ARMED
WITH A WATER BOTTLE, CLAIMING
THERE WAS ACID INSIDE OF IT.
THIS IS THE MAN POLICE BELIEVE
IS BEHIND TWO UPPER EAST SIDE
ROBBERIES, TARGETING WOMEN,
THREATENING TO THROW ACID AT
THEM IF THEY DID NOT HAPPENED
OVER CASH.
THE MOST RECENT VICTIM SPEAKING
WITH US BY PHONE, DESCRIBING
THE ORDEAL WHICH HAPPENED JUST
AFTER 1:30 THE AFTERNOON OF MAY
29TH AT THE CITIBANK OF EAST
68TH STREET AND FIRST AVENUE.
POLICE SAY THE MAN ORDERED HER
TO GIVE HIM $1000 OR HE WOULD
THROW ACID IN HER FACE, SHOWING
HER THE BOTTLE THAT CONTAINED A
YELLOW LIQUID.
PANICKED, SHE WAS HAVING
TROUBLE WITH HER PIN NUMBER,
THE SUSPECT, SHE SAYS, GROWING
IMPATIENT.
THEN LOWERED THE AMOUNT HE
DEMAND.
HE SAID JUST GIVE ME 500.
Reporter: SHE GAVE HIM THE
CRASH AND THE THREATS CONTINUED
BEFORE HE EVENTUALLY LEFT.
INVESTIGATORS BELIEVE THE SAME
MAN PULLED THE SAME STUNT WITH
ANOTHER WOMAN.
IN THAT CASE THE WOMAN GAVE
OVER THE FULL $1000.
I WILL NEVER GO THERE AGAIN
IF I DON'T HAVE SOMEONE WITH
ME.
Reporter: BOTH WOMEN WERE
ABLE TO ESCAPE UNHURT.
BUT AGAIN, POLICE HOPING
SOMEONE MAY RECOGNIZE THAT
SUSPECT FROM THAT SURVEILLANCE
PICTURE.
ANYONE WHO HAS ANY INFORMATION
