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Police Seeking Brooklyn Armed Robbery Suspect

NEW YORK (CBSNewYork) -- Police are looking for help in finding a suspect in two Brooklyn robberies.

In both incidents cops said the suspect entered the locations while displaying a firearm and demanded money.

Authorities said that on Thursday around 9:20 p.m., the suspect entered a location at 118 Kane Street, but did not receive any money and fled the scene.

Police said that earlier the same day, the suspect received an undisclosed amount of money during a robbery at 6824 4 Ave.

The suspect is described as a white male, approximately 5-foot-8, between 200 and 220 pounds with black hair.

Anyone with information in regards to these incidents is asked to call Crime stoppers at 1-800-577-TIPS (8477).  The public can also submit their tips by logging onto the Crime stoppers website at WWW.NYPDCRIMESTOPPERS.COM or by texting their tips to 274637 (CRIMES) then enter TIP577.

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