Group of robbers armed with guns and knives destroyed in Central Park and UWS in two weeks of crime stealing Citi Bikes, cash and cellphones at the knife point
- New York police are searching for a crew of robbers who wreaked havoc in Manhattan’s Central Park and on the Upper West Side
- Group stole two Citi Bikes, $ 375 from a man and cellphones from other victims
- In some cases, the suspects used violence or used weapons such as knives
- Authorities call on the public to be identified with the group of robbers
New York police are searching for a crew of robbers who wreaked havoc in Central Park in Manhattan.
According to the New York Daily News, the group stole Citi Bikes, cash and cellphones from victims on the Upper West Side and in Central Park.
In some cases, the suspects used violence or used weapons such as knives.
While New York City saw an increase in crime in the COVID-19 pandemic, it appears that this particular group began harassing Manhattan on March 13 when they attacked a 13-year-old boy and stole his LA Dodgers hat. .
New York police are searching for a crew of robbers who wreaked havoc in Central Park in Manhattan
Police told the Daily News the suspects struck again four days later when they swung a knife at two men riding on Citi Bikes in Central Park.
This particular incident took place in broad daylight on March 17 around 3:30 p.m. The victims were not harmed in the trouble, but the suspects stole the bikes.
Last Tuesday, the pack of robbers stole from two teens in Riverside Drive around 9 p.m.
The teenagers, 14 and 15 years old, told police that the group flashed a gun and stole the teenager’s cellphones and a sweater.
About two hours later, they managed to climb into a residential building on Riverside Drive and steal an electric scooter.
According to the Daily News, about a hour later, the thieves stole a 27-year-old man’s cellphone and wallet with $ 375.
According to authorities, the robbers stole at least two Citi Bikes (image from file)
While he was not injured, the group threatened to stab him. This incident took place around Central Park West.
Authorities released surveillance footage of the suspect in hopes that the public could help locate them.
Police are asking anyone with information about the robberies to call Crime Stoppers at (800) 577-TIPS.
The city of New York has seen an increase in crime and even more so against Asian Americans.
Police said on Saturday they were looking for a man wanted to call a 44-year-old woman and her three children against Asian insults, spit on her and kicked her cellphone from a train.
Police call the incident a hate crime. Authorities described the suspect as a man with dark skin who was 50 to 55 years old, about 6 feet tall and about 150 pounds.
He was last seen wearing a dark camouflage sweater, dark sweatpants and black sandals. Police said he was wearing a black sock on his left foot and a white sock on his right foot.
The woman was traveling on a Southern train number 5 on her way to Times Square at about 2:30 p.m.
The attack was among the latest in a national increase in anti-Asian hate crimes.
Also near Times Square last week, a 65-year-old American Filipino woman was brutally assaulted while walking to church.
A parole holder convicted of murdering his mother nearly two decades ago is charged with assault and attempted assault as hate crimes.