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Arrest Made in Theft of ATV Off Back of Tow Truck

Police released photos of suspects removing an ATV that was being towed from a moving flatbed. -Photo by NYPD


By Dan Gesslein 

Bronx Voice 

April 4, 2023 


BRONX - Police arrested one suspect in the daring theft of an ATV off a moving flatbed tow truck in the Bronx. More suspects are still at large. 




Police arrested 31-year-old Christian Peralta and charged him with robbery, grand larceny and reckless endangerment.




At around 7 pm on March 26, a tow truck operator was driving a flat bed truck on the Bruckner Expressway Service Road. A towed ATV was secured to the flatbed. In the vicinity of Ward Avenue and Boynton Avenue a large group of people on dirt bikes and ATVs approached the tow truck. 




As the group encircled the driver, cops say several in the group hopped on the back of the moving flatbed. They released the ATV and drove it off the flatbed. The tow truck driver was not injured and he managed to snag photos of two of the four men stealing the four-wheel vehicle. 





Cops say the ATV was recovered a short distance away cops responding to the 911 call. 




Cops released photos of two of the suspects as well as a photo of a yellow Suzuki ATV. The four wheeler was used by the suspects in the robbery.




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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Location: Boynton Ave, Bronx, NY, USA

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