“Castle Superstore” (Image: Tatiana Gill via Flickr)

Police are on the hunt for a man who stole an armful of sex toys worth hundreds of dollars from a Broadway boutique Saturday night.

Just before 10:20 PM Saturday, SPD units were called to Broadway’s Castle Megastore after a man reportedly ran from the retailer carrying an armload of expensive sex toys. The man was last seen jumping into his white Chevy parked at the curb in front of the store and speeding off northbound with employees in pursuit.

The merchandise has a value of around $500, employees told police. There were no immediate arrests.

CHS believes the Saturday night crime is the largest Capitol Hill sex toy heist since 2011’s ripoff at Babeland in which a vibrator thief made a grab and dash run with a pile of sexual health devices including a one-of-kind “pre production model” that had been on display inside the E Pike store.

UPDATE 9/26/14: SPD’s report on the incident is finally out and it — either fortunately or unfortunately, depending on your thoughts on such things — includes an inventory of the purloined goods:

A man spotted fleeing a Capitol Hill adult emporium last Saturday with nearly $400 worth of intimate items has aroused the attention of East Precinct theft detectives. Staff at the Castle Adult Megastore—located near Broadway and E. John Street—called police around 10:20 p.m. and reported they had been making recommendations to the man inside the store when he turned and fled with a veritable menagerie of merchandise, including a “Heavenly Dolphin” and a “Rabbit.” In addition to the aforementioned marital aids, the suspect made off with “athletic socks,” several pairs of hosiery, personal lubricant, a “Hercules” gentleman’s pump, and “hottie police fishnet stockings,” which are decidedly not department-issue. After running out of the store, the suspect—described by witnesses as a white male in his late 40s with black hair, wearing a grey shirt and khakis—sped away in a white SUV, but employees were able to get a look at the suspect’s license plate number, which they provided to officers. East Precinct Burglary/Theft detectives are now working to identify the suspect so they can gently whisper him his Miranda rights.