A group of robbers armed with weapons and knives wreak havoc in Central Park and UWS in a two-week murder that steals Citi bicycles, cash and cell phones at the knife
- New York Police are searching for a crew of robbers who wreaked havoc in Manhattan’s Central Park and Upper West Side.
- The group stole two Citi bicycles, $ 375 from a man and cell phones from other victims
- In some cases, the suspects used force or used weapons such as knives
- Authorities are asking the public to take place to identify the group of robbers
New York City Police are searching for a crew of robbers who wreaked havoc in Manhattan’s Central Park.
According to the New York Daily News, the group stole Citi bicycles, cash and cell phones from victims in the Upper West Side and Central Park.
In some cases, the suspects used force or used weapons such as knives.
While New York City has seen an increase in crime throughout the COVID-19 pandemic, this group appears to have started suffering in 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 that the suspects struck again four days later when they brandished a knife at two men riding Citi bicycles in Central Park.
This special incident took place in broad daylight around 15.30 on 17 March. The victims were not injured in the ordeal, but the suspects stole the bicycles.
Last Tuesday, the pack of robbers stole from two teenagers on Riverside Drive around 21:00.
The teenagers, aged between 14 and 15, told police that the group threw a gun and stole the teenager’s mobile phones and a sweatshirt.
About two hours later, they managed to break into a residential building on Riverside Drive and stole an electric scooter.
According to the Daily News, about an hour later, the thieves stole the mobile phone and wallet of a 27-year-old man who contained 375 dollars.
Authorities say robber crew stole at least two Citi bicycles (file image)
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 detect them.
Police require anyone with information about the robberies to call Crime Stoppers at (800) 577-TIPS.
New York City has seen an increase in crime, and even more so against Asian Americans.
On Saturday, police said they were looking for a man wanted for shouting anti-Asian insults at a 44-year-old woman and her three children, spitting on her and throwing her mobile phone from a train. subway.
Police call the incident a hate crime. Authorities described the suspect as a dark-skinned man between the ages of 50 and 55, about 6 meters tall and about 150 kilograms.
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 leg and a white sock on his right foot.
The woman was traveling by train no. 5 south to Times Square with her three children at about 2:30 p.m.
The attack was among the most recent in a nationwide rise in anti-Asian hate crimes.
Also near Times Square last week, a 65-year-old Filipino American woman was violently assaulted while going to church.
A freedman convicted of killing his mother nearly two decades ago was charged with assault and attempted assault as hate crimes.