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Cops Search for Group of Thieves on Mosholu Parkway

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A 59-year-old man was robbed inside his residence on Mosholu Parkway, with one of the thieves coming from within.

It all happened on Oct. 28 at around 6:45 p.m. Cops say three suspects entered the residence and demanded money and belongings from the victim.

While taking the victim’s debit card, one of the male suspects and a female, who was inside the 3317-16-52-pct-robbery-10-28-16-2apartment prior to the robbery, willingly walked to Citibank at 3454 Jerome Ave. and took out $1,000 in cash from the victim’s bank account. Once the money was removed, all three men and women took off to unknown locations. An HTC cell phone which belonged to the victim was also taken.

The suspects are described below:

1: Male, black, 25 to 30 years-old, wearing a hooded leather jack with the words “New York” emblazoned on it. (pictured left)
2: Female, black 20 to 24 years-old, with pink extensions in her hair. (pictured right)

Anyone with information on this incident is asked to call NYPD’s Crime Stoppers Hotline at 1-800-577-TIPS (8477) or for Spanish, dial 1-888-57-PISTA (747820). The public can also submit their tips by logging onto the Crime stoppers website at WWW.NYPDCRIMESTOPPERS.COM or by texting 274637 (CRIMES) then enter TIP577. All calls will be confidential.

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