HOME INVADERS ROB BRONX WOMAN AT KNIFEPOINT

Cops are searching for the four men who beat a livery driver and stole his cab. -Photo by NYPD

By Dan Gesslein

Bronx Voice

March 16, 2023

BRONX - Carjackers pulled a livery driver out of his car, beat him and stole his cab in the Bronx. 

At around 6:30 am on March 12, a 57-year-old livery cab driver went 949 East 225 Street near Edenwald. As he waited for his fare, four men approached the cab. They grabbed the driver and pulled him out of the car. 

The group threw the driver to the ground and repeatedly punched him throughout his body. The attackers then hopped into the cab and drove off eastbound on 225th Street. 

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The driver was taken to Jacobi Medical Center where he was treated for a fractured right elbow. 

Police released surveillance video of the suspects but they had their faces covered by their hoods and had their backs to the camera.

Anyone with information in regard 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 CrimeStoppers website at https://crimestoppers.nypdonline.org/ or on Twitter @NYPDTips. 

All calls are strictly confidential.