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Police are searching for two men on a moped who robbed four women throughout the Bronx. -Photo by NYPD

By Dan Gesslein

Bronx Voice

August 22, 2023

BRONX - Police have linked a pair of moped riding chain snatchers to two more robberies. The crew had been wanted for biting a woman and pushing her face into a wall. 

Investigators announced that two more chain snatchings have been linked to the moped riding muggers. At around 6:15 pm on July 15, the suspects rode up behind a 14-year-old girl on East 197th Street. One of the robbers ripped the chain off the girl’s neck and then forcibly removed her wallet from her back pocket. 

The moped with the two men rode off southbound on Valentine Avenue. 

The second newly revealed robbery occurred around 3:30 pm on July 20. A 34-year-old woman was walking in the vicinity of Ogden Avenue and W. 170 Street. The moped rode up behind the woman and then the robber ripped the chain off her neck.

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Cops said the suspects rode off westbound on W. 170th Street.

Previously  police released surveillance video which shows the two suspects riding on a red moped. Cops said the same crew and vehicle were used in at least two robberies. 

The first one occurred at around 5:15 pm on July 17. A 41-year-old woman was walking in front of a building at 1875 University Avenue in the Morris Heights section of the Bronx. Two men on the moped rode up on her on the sidewalk. Cops said one of the men grabbed the victim and pushed her into a wall. He then bit the woman and snatched the necklace off her neck. He also forcibly removed a bracelet. 

The robbers then drove off northbound on University Avenue.

The victim was treated at the scene by EMS. Cops said the same crew struck again two days later in the Belmont section of the Bronx near the Arthur Avenue Market. 

At around 3:15 pm on July 19, a 23-year-old woman was walking in front of 2317 Hughes Avenue. Again the thieves rode up behind her on the moped. One of the men yanked the jewelry right off her neck and drove on. 

The victim was treated for minor injuries to the face. 

The suspects are described as males with dark complexions. The driver was last seen wearing a black shirt, gray pants and white sneakers. The passenger/accomplice was last seen wearing a red t-shirt and red baseball cap. He was also seen wearing shorts and white 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.