The New York City Police Department is asking for the public’s assistance identifying the individual depicted in the attached surveillance video clips and photographs, who is wanted for questioning in connection to a two-incident robbery pattern, which occurred in the 48th Precinct in the Bronx.
Details are as follows.
Incident #1: On Thursday, July 23, 2020, at approximately 1730 hours, in front of 571 E. 187 Street (Boost Mobile store), an unknown male entered the location, displayed a knife then demanded money from a cash register. The store clerk complied, and the unknown male removed approximately $1,400 USC.
The unknown male then fled to parts unknown.
There were no injuries.
Incident #2: On Monday, August 10, 2020, at approximately 1745 hours, in front of 615 E. Tremont Avenue (Cell phone store), an unknown male entered the location, displayed a knife then demanded money out of a cash register, the store clerk’s wallet and three cell phones. The store clerk complied, and the unknown male removed three cell phones approximately $220 USC from the register and $200 from the store clerk.
The unknown male then fled to parts unknown.
There were no injuries.
Incident #3: On Monday, August 31, 2020, inside the “Boost Mobile” store, located at 1767 Southern Boulevard, within the confines of the 42nd Precinct, an unidentified individual entered the location, pointed two large knifes at the store employee and demanded money.
The individual then walked behind the service counter, opened the cash register and removed $6,000 cash before fleeing the location to parts unknown.
There were no injuries reported.
Incident #4: On Friday, September 04, 2020, at approximately 1650 hours, inside the “Metro PCS” store, located at 2185 White Plains Road, within the confines of the 49th Precinct, an unidentified individual entered the location, pointed two large knifes at the store employee and demanded money.
The individual then walked behind the service counter, opened the cash register and removed $2,500 cash before fleeing the location to parts unknown.
There were no injuries reported.
The individual is described as in incident #3; here he was last seen wearing a gray “Nike” t-shirt, a blue baseball cap with a red letter “B” on the front (Boston Red Sox), black Jordan shorts, black sneakers and wearing a black surgical mask.
Surveillance video clips and photographs of the suspects are 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.
