Gunman Dressed in Bear Hoodie Wanted for Robbery

Stick Up Across Street from Yankee Stadium 

Police are looking for this man in connection with an armed robbery across from Yankee Stadium. -Photo by NYPD

By Dan Gesslein

Bronx Voice

June 22, 2023 

BRONX - Don’t let the bear hoodie fool you. Cops say a man decked out in a light blue sweatshirt with a teddy bear on the chest is wanted for a violent stickup across the street from Yankee Stadium. 

Police released surveillance video of the suspect who is wanted for armed robbery. The man is seen on video wearing a light blue hoodie with a graphic of a teddy bear on the front. He also wore matching light blue sneakers. 

 

At around 3:20 am on May 6, a 50-year-old man was standing in front of the entrance to the Yankee Stadium subway station at River Avenue and East 161 Street, across from the House that Jeter Built. A man in the bear hoodie walked up to him and pointed a gun, cops said. 

The gunman then removed the victim’s wallet. 

 

The suspect was last seen heading on foot westbound on East 161st Street.

Cops said the victim was not injured in the robbery. The suspect is described as a man who is around 30 years of age. He is 6 feet tall with a medium build. He was last seen wearing a light blue hooded sweatshirt, blue jeans, and white and blue sneakers.

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.