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Dumb Crook Tried to Use Stolen Credit Card at Restaurant






Robbed Man at Knifepoint Avoided Cameras


Then Caught on Video Using Stolen Credit Card


By Dan Gesslein 

Bronx Voice

March 17, 2023


BRONX - If they weren’t dumb they wouldn’t get caught. Cops are hoping that old adage will lead to the arrest of a crook who robbed a man at knifepoint and then tried to use the stolen credit card in a restaurant.




At around 3:20 am on February 28, a 60-year-old man was standing next to his car parked in the vicinity if Macombs Road and West 176th Street when two men approached him. One of the men pulled out a knife.



The partner took the coat of the victim and removed the man’s wallet containing cash and credit cards.




The robbers then hopped into a blue Nissan and drove off.

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Hours later cops say one of the robbers tried to use the stolen credit card. At around 3 pm the thief tried to use the card which was reported stolen at a restaurant on West Burnside Avenue.





When the card was rejected the suspect fled the restaurant but not before his image was captured on surveillance video.


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.

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