The New York City Police Department is asking the public’s assistance identifying the males depicted in the attached surveillance video wanted for questioning in connection to a robbery pattern that occurred within the confines of the 44th, 46th, 52nd Precincts in Bronx.
The details are as follows.
Incident No. 1 (52 Precinct):
It was reported to police that on Tuesday, March 12, 2019 at 2230 hours in the vicinity of Jerome Avenue and East 196th Street, a 23-year-old male delivery person was operating an electric bike when he was approached by two unidentified males from behind. The victim was pushed off his bike and the males fled southbound on University Avenue with the bike. The victim was not injured as a result of this incident.
Incident No. 2 (46 Precinct):
It was reported to police that on Wednesday, March 13, 2019 at 2045 hours in the vicinity of 2210 University Avenue, a 29-year-old male delivery person was operating an electric bike when he was pushed off the bike from behind and the males removed the bike before fleeing southbound on University Avenue. The victim was not injured as a result of this incident.
Incident No. 3 (52 Precinct):
It was reported to police that on Wednesday, March 14, 2019 at 2020 hours in the vicinity of 246 East 199th Street, a 38-year-old male delivery person was operating an electric bike when he was pushed off and the bike was removed by the males. The males fled westbound towards Grand Concourse. The victim was not injured as a result of this incident.
Incident No. 4 (52nd Precinct):
It was reported to police that on Saturday, March 23, 2019 at 2250 hours in the vicinity of 2280 Loring Place, a 50-year-old male delivery person was operating an electric bike when he was pushed off by the males. The males fled eastbound on West 183rd Street with the bike. The victim was not injured as a result of this incident.
Incident No. 5 (52 Precinct):
It was reported to police that on Wednesday, March 27, 2019 at 2335 hours in the vicinity of 3042 Bainbridge Avenue, a 33-year-old male delivery person was operating an electric bike when he was pushed off and the males fled with the bike northbound on Bainbridge Avenue. The victim was not injured as a result of this incident.
Incident No. 6 (52 Precinct):
It was reported to police that on Sunday, April 7, 2019 at 0030 hours in the vicinity of Creston Avenue and East Kingsbridge Road, a 44-year-old male delivery person was operating an electric bike when he was pushed off and the males removed the bike before fleeing northbound towards East 196th Street. The victim was not injured as a result of this incident.
Incident No. 7 (44 Precinct):
It was reported to police that on Tuesday, April 23, 2019 at 1618 hours in the vicinity of Mount Eden Parkway and Eastburn Avenue, a 16-year-old male victim was approached by males, one of which displayed a knife and demanded his bicycle. The victim complied and the males fled towards Claremont Park with the bicycle. The victim was not injured as a result of this incident.
Incident No. 8 (44 Precinct):
It was reported to police that on Tuesday, April 23, 2019 at 2015 hours in the vicinity of Grand Concourse and East 174th Street, a 32-year-old male delivery person was operating an electric bike when he was approached by the males, one of which displayed a knife. The males removed the bike and fled in unknown direction. The victim was not injured as a result of this incident. The bicycle had an undisclosed dollar value.
Incident No. 9 (52 Precinct):
It was reported to police that on Wednesday, April 24, 2019 at 0130 hours in the vicinity of West 184th Street and Jerome Avenue, a 48-year-old male delivery person was operating an electric bike when he was pushed off. The males removed the bike and fled unknown direction. The victim was not injured as a result of this incident.
The persons wanted for questioning are described as ale, Hispanics, late teens to early twenties.
The attached video is from incident No. 8 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.
