Moped Driver Sought for Cellphone Robbery Pattern Identified Across The Bronx

By SÍLE MOLONEY

THE NYPD IS asking for the public’s help identifying the person seen in this video who they say is wanted in connection to a robbery pattern identified across the 43rd and 52nd Precincts in The Bronx throughout June 2024. Video courtesy of the NYPD

The NYPD is asking for the public’s help identifying the person seen in the attached media who they say is wanted in connection to a robbery pattern identified across the 43rd and 52nd Precincts in The Bronx.

Police said the first incident occurred on Sunday, June 2, at around 12.15 p.m. within the 52nd Precinct, when a 32-year-old female victim was walking in front of 2860 Decatur Avenue in Fordham Manor and was approached by an unidentified individual on a moped who grabbed her cellphone out of her hands before fleeing on the moped to parts unknown. There were no injuries reported as a result of this incident police said.

Police said the second incident occurred on Wednesday, June 5, at around 8.55 a.m. within the 43rd Precinct when a 38-year-old female victim was walking in the vicinity of Watson Avenue and Beach Avenue in Soundview and was approached by an unidentified individual on a moped who again attempted to grab her cellphone out of her hands before fleeing on the moped northbound on Beach Avenue. There were no injuries reported as a result of this incident, police said.

THE NYPD IS asking for the public’s help identifying the person seen in this photo who they say is wanted in connection to a robbery pattern identified across the 43rd and 52nd Precincts in The Bronx throughout June 2024.
Photo courtesy of the NYPD

Police said a third incident took place on Tuesday, June 11, at around 12.15 p.m. within the 52nd Precinct when a 22-year-old female victim was walking in the vicinity of Perry Avenue and East Bedford Park Boulevard in Bedford Park, and was again approached by an unidentified individual on a moped who grabbed her cellphone out of her hands before fleeing on the moped southbound on Marion Avenue. There were no injuries reported as a result of this incident, police said.

Police said a fourth incident occurred on Wednesday, June 12, at around 9.58 a.m. within the 52nd Precinct when a 41-year-old female victim was walking in the vicinity of the Grand Concourse and East 199th Street and was approached by an unidentified individual on a moped who grabbed her cellphone out of her hands before fleeing on the moped toward East 198th Street. There were no injuries reported as a result of this incident, police said.

Media from the vicinity of the first incident is attached, police said.

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 https://crimestoppers.nypdonline.org/, or on X @NYPDTips.

All calls are strictly confidential.

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