The New York City Police Department is asking the public’s assistance identifying the unknown individuals depicted in the attached photo and wanted for questioning in connection to several robberies and grand larcenies that occurred within the confines of the 44th Precinct in Bronx.
The following was reported to police.
Incident 01: It was reported to police that on Saturday, November 02, 2019, at 1135 hours, a group of individuals approached the victim, a 31-year-old male, while he was walking in the vicinity of E. 167th Street and Findlay Avenue, when an unknown individual removed his iPhone XS from his hand and fled.
Incident 02: It was reported to police that on Saturday, November 02, 2019, at 1950 hours, a group of individuals approached the victim, a 26-year-old female, while she exited a bus in the vicinity of E. 165th Street and Grand Concourse, when an unknown individual removed her iPhone XS cell phone from her hand and fled.
Incident 03: It was reported to police that on Tuesday, November 05, 2019, at 2325 hours, a group of individuals approached the victim, a 19-year-old female, while she was standing outside of 1167 Webster Avenue, when an unknown individual removed her iPhone 11 and Chase debit card from her back pants pocket and fled.
Incident 04: It was reported to police that on Wednesday, November 06, 2019, at 1533 hours, a group of individuals approached the victim, a 22-year-old female, while she was walking in vicinity of E. 166th Street and Grand Concourse, when an unknown individual removed her iPhone 11 from her hand and fled.
Incident 05: It was reported to police that on Wednesday, November 06, 2019, at 1726 hours, a group of individuals approached the victim, a 20-year-old female, while she was waiting for a bus in the vicinity of E. 166th Street and Morris Avenue, when an unknown individual removed her iPhone XS from her back pants pocket and fled.
Incident 06: It was reported to police that on Thursday, November 14, 2019, at 1903 hours, a group of individuals approached the victim, a 44-year-old male, while he was waiting for a bus in front of 1133 Morris Avenue Grand Concourse, when an unknown individual removed his iPhone X from his hand and fled.
Incident 07: It was reported to police that on Friday, November 15, 2019, at 2030 hours, a group of individuals approached the victim, a 18-year-old female, while she was standing in front of 1072 Grand Concourse, when an unknown individual removed her iPhone 11 from her hand and fled.
Incident 08: It was reported to police that on Monday, November 18, 2019, at 1300 hours, a group of individuals approached the victim, 42-year-old male, while he was walking in the vicinity of E. 165th Street and Grand Concourse, when an unknown individual removed his iPhone XS from his hand and fled.
Incident 09: It was reported to police that on Wednesday, November 20, 2019 at 1840 hours, a group of individuals approached the victim, a 13-year-old male, while he was walking in the vicinity of E. 167th Street and Grand Concourse, when an unknown individual removed his iPhone XR from his hand and fled.
Incident 10: It was reported to police that on Thursday, November 21, 2019, at 1741 hours, a group of individuals approached the victim, a 33-year-old female, while she was walking in the vicinity of E. 165th Street and Grand Concourse, when an unknown individual punched her in the face and removed her iPhone XS from her hand and fled.
Incident 11: It was reported to police that on Friday, November 22, 2019, at 1852 hours, a group of individuals approached the victim, a 27-year-old female, while she was walking in the vicinity of E. 163rd Street and Grant Avenue, when an unknown individual pushed her from behind and removed her iPhone 11 from her hand and fled.
Incident 12: It was reported to police that on Tuesday, November 26, 2019, at 1955 hours, a group of individuals approached the victim, a 24-year-old female, while she was waiting for a bus in front of 1040 Grand Concourse, when an unknown individual pushed her from behind and removed her iPhone 11 from her hand and fled.
Incident 13: It was reported to police that on Saturday, November 30, 2019 at 1525 hours, a group of individuals approached the victim, a 32-year-old female, while she was waiting for a bus in the vicinity of E. 167th Street and Webster Avenue, when an unknown individual removed her iPhone 8 from her back pants pocket and fled.
Incident 14: It was reported to police that on Tuesday, December 03, 2019, at 1605 hours, a group of individuals approached the victims, a 23-year-old female and 19-year-old female, while they were waiting for a bus in front of 1212 Grand Concourse, when an unknown individual removed their iPhone from their back pockets and fled.
Incident 15: It was reported to police that on Friday, December 06, 2019, at 1115 hours, a group of individuals approached the victim, a 51-year-old male, while he was in front of 1118 Grand Concourse, when an unknown individual removed his iPhone 11 from his hand and fled.
The unknown individuals are described as being males, approximately 15-18 years old.
A surveillance photograph of the suspects is attached and available at DCPI.
Anyone with information related 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 Crime Stoppers‘ website or by texting their tips to 274637 (CRIMES) then enter TIP577.
All tips will be kept strictly confidential.
