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Police are looking for five people who they say assaulted and robbed a delivery driver of his bicycle in the Marble Hill section of the borough.
A police spokesperson said the incident was reported at 6:39 a.m. on Saturday, Feb. 24, inside 3025 Bailey Avenue. The spokesperson told Norwood News, “A 21-year-old male complainant reported that he was riding his bike, making a delivery, when six unknown individuals jumped out of a white SUV and pushed him off the bike.”
The spokesperson added, “They began to punch and kick him causing a laceration to the head.” Police said one suspect fled on the victim’s bike while the other individuals jumped back into the SUV and fled southbound on Bailey Avenue.
Police said they have no suspects in custody and no description of the assailants was immediately available. The investigation remains ongoing.
As reported, police are also looking for those who allegedly robbed a street vendor at gunpoint on East Fordham Road and Third Avenue on the border of Belmont and Fordham Manor on Feb. 26.
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 Crimestoppers website at https://crimestoppers.
All calls are strictly confidential.
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