The New York City Police Department is asking for the public’s help identifying the people seen in the attached photos who are sought in connection to a robbery pattern identified across the 46th and 50th precincts.
The first incident (reported in the 46th precinct) occurred on Saturday, March 12, at approximately 6.30 p.m., when four male suspects entered the Beauty and Nail Salon located at 53 West 181st Street in Fordham Heights, and approached a 36-year-old man, sitting inside the location with his girlfriend.
The suspects brandished a gun and demanded the couple’s property. The victims complied and the four fled on foot westbound on West 181st Street to parts unknown. They stole the victims’ gold chain and Cartier glasses, valued at approximately $19,500. There were no injuries reported as a result of the incident.
The second incident occurred on Saturday, March 12, at approximately 9.57 p.m., when the four suspects entered the Barber Shop located at 2011 Anthony Avenue in Mt. Hope and approached a group of around five victims (four male and one female) and demanded their property at gunpoint.
Once again, the victims complied and the four fled on foot in a black vehicle to parts unknown, stealing the victims’ jewelry, a gold bracelet, a necklace and a watch valued at approximately $21,800, along with around $600 in cash. Again, there were no injuries reported as a result of the incident.
Incident number three occurred on Saturday, March 19, at around 00.37 a.m., when three male suspects entered a Deli located at 2075 Grand Concourse in Fordham Heights, and went behind the counter. Two male suspects displayed a gun and stole a gold chain from the neck of a 43-year-old female victim, valued at approximately $2,800, before fleeing on foot to parts unknown. Once again, no injuries were reported as a result of the incident.
The fourth incident took place on Saturday, March 21, at around 10.20 p.m., when three unidentified male suspects entered the Kings Deli located at 117 West Kingsbridge Road in the Kingsbridge Heights vicinity, and demanded cash at gunpoint.
The group made off with around $800 in cash from the register, $1,000 in CBD oils, and $1,300 in electronic cigarettes, fleeing on foot, westbound, on West Kingsbridge Road to parts unknown. Once again, there were no injuries reported as a result of the incident.
The four suspects are described as male, between 16 and 20 years of age.
Surveillance video and photos of the suspects are attached. The video was obtained from the second, third and fourth incidents and the photos from the second and fourth incidents.
Anyone with information regarding these incidents 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.
All calls are strictly confidential.
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