NYPD looking for smoke shop bandit, creep who assaulted woman in Chelsea

A Manhattan smoke shop worker was punched and robb෴ed overnight by a bandit dressed in black, police said.

The robber walked into the store at 370 Third Ave., near East 27th Street, a🌌t around 1:40 a.m. Saturday, and clocked the 26-year-old man behind the register in the face, police said.

The thief swiped an unkn𒀰own amount of cash from the register and ran 🐎off. EMS took the victim to Bellevue Hospital in stable condition, the NYPD said. There were no arrests.

Cops are also looking for a creep who sexually abused a woman on the st༺reet in Chelsea this week.

The sicko approached a 28-year-old woman on West 26th Street and 11th Avenue around 3:45 a.m. Tuesday, pulled down the victim’s pants and grabbed her buttocks, cops said.

The perv was last spotted running eastbound on West𒁃 26th Street, authorities said. The 🐻victim declined medical attention at the scene.

The NYPD on Saturday released a photo of the suspect, who is about 5-foot-𝓀8, medium complexion. He was wearing a blue basketball jersey with white writing over an orange T-shirt. He was also clad in blue shorts and white sneake🍬rs.

Anyone with information in regard to this incident is asked to call the NYPD’s Crime Stoppers Hotline at 1-800-577-TIPS (8477) or for Spanish, 1-888-57-PISTA (74782). The public can also submit their tips by logging onto the Crime Stoppers website at , or on X @NYPDTips