The suspects rode off on Citi Bikes after each robbery
NYPD officials have issued an alert about a group of suspects who reportedly committed seven separate robberies on a single day earlier this month. Each incident involved the suspects approaching their victims on Citi Bikes and snatching headphones from their heads, with the final two reported robberies taking place on the Upper East Side.
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At about 5:50 p.m. and 6:20 p.m., the crew robbed two people in Harlem–one a 41-year-old man, the other a 33-year-old female.
Then, at approximately 6:40 p.m., they stole headphones from a 22-year-old female in Central Park near 103rd Street. About ten minutes later, they rolled up to a 27-year-old female on 73rd and Third Avenue.
The final robbery on record happened at about 7 p.m. on 81st and Third Avenue, with this target being a 31-year-old male.
No injuries were reported from any of these incidents.
Anyone with relevant information 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 CrimeStoppers website or by sending a direct message to @NYPDTips on Twitter. All calls are strictly confidential.
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Those wild Amish boys are at it again!!!
Assume all the Citi Bikes are stolen, not checked out. Is that easy to do?