Mugger Body Slams Bronx Man

Caught on Camera - Man Swinging Broom Handle Wanted for Assault, Robbery

Police are searching for this man in connection with a robbery inside a Bronx apartment building. -Photo by NYPD

By Dan Gesslein 

Bronx Voice

June 29, 2023

BRONX - A mugger waving a broomstick body slammed and robbed a Bronx man inside the lobby of an apartment building, cops said.

 

Police released surveillance video of a suspect wanted for an assault and robbery in the lobby of a Mott Haven building.

 

At around 6:45 pm on June 25, a 38-year-old man was walking across the lobby of an apartment building in the vicinity of East 138 Street and Saint Ann's Avenue in the Mott Haven section of the Bronx. Cops said a male in a white tank top walked up to the man and without warning picked up and body slammed him to the floor.

 

While the victim lay on the floor his attacker removed a cellphone from his pocket and walked off, cops said. The suspect was caught on the building’s surveillance camera leaving the scene.

The victim suffered minor injuries.

The suspect is described as a male with a medium complexion and a medium build. He was last seen wearing a white tank top, orange shorts and white and black sneakers.

 

The suspect has a beard and a tattoo on his left forearm.

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. 

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