Fordham Manor: Person Sought for Armed Robbery of Business

By SÍLE MOLONEY

NYPD OFFICIALS ARE asking for the public’s help identifying the person seen in this photo who they said is sought in connection with a robbery that occurred in Fordham Manor on Tuesday, Aug. 1, 2023.
Photo courtesy of the NYPD

NYPD officials are asking for the public’s help identifying the person seen in the attached photo and video who they said is sought in connection with an armed robbery that occurred in Fordham Manor.

Police said that on Tuesday, Aug. 1, at around 8.10 p.m., a person entered a business located at 2625 Grand Concourse and displayed a knife at a 22-year-old male employee.

They said the person then demanded money and stole around $1,000 from the cash register. He then fled on foot westbound on East 193^rd Street before turning northbound on Creston Avenue to parts unknown. They said there were no reported injuries as a result of this incident.

The NYPD is asking for the public’s help identifying the person seen in this video who they said is sought in connection with a robbery that occurred in Fordham Manor on Tuesday, Aug. 1, 2023. Video courtesy of the NYPD

Anyone with information in regard to the whereabouts of this missing person 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 CrimeStoppers website at https://crimestoppers.nypdonline.org/ or on Twitter @NYPDTips.

All calls are strictly confidential.

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