A group of armed robbers terrorize the Upper West Side – targeting everyone from Citi Bike riders in Central Park to a 13-year-old boy in a Dodgers hat, police say.
The blaze was last seen just after midnight on Wednesday, forcibly taking a 27-year-old man’s cell phone and wallet “while threatening to stab him” on West 69th Street near Central Park West, NYPD said. .
Police believe the group of at least three suspected men are behind four other robberies in March – including a trio last week and two other incidents involving teenage victims.
On March 30, the men allegedly brandished a weapon and robbed three teenage boys on Riverside Drive – leaving with two mobile phones and a sweatshirt.
Two and a half hours later, the group entered the lobby of an apartment building on Riverside Driver and West 78th Street and stole an electric scooter, police said.
On March 13, at 3:25 p.m., the men also allegedly chased a 13-year-old boy into the lobby of an apartment building near Amsterdam Avenue and West 77th Street, pushed him to the floor and stole his LA hat. Dodgers.
Four days later, around 21:00, the individuals threatened two 20-year-olds in Central Park with a knife and stole their Citi bicycles, police said.
The NYPD provided surveillance photos of Wednesday’s robbery crew.
Anyone with information should call Crime Stoppers at 800-577-TIPS.