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Scooter Riding Stickup Men Wanted in the Bronx

Police are searching for two men on scooters who robbed people at gunpoint in the Bronx. -Photo by NYPD

By Dan Gesslein 

Bronx Voice 

August 21, 2023 


BRONX - Armed robbers on scooters robbed two groups of men in the Bronx, cops said. Investigators released surveillance video of the suspects, one of which had a food delivery bag. 



Police said the same suspects are being sought in two separate stickups in different ends of the Bronx. 



The first robbery took place at around 9:45 pm on July 26. A group of four men were standing in the vicinity of Pelham Parkway South and Barnes Avenue in the northern Bronx. Cops said two men on separate scooters rode up on the group and drew guns on them. They then forcibly took property off the victims and rode off without incident. 





The next robbery took place at around 6:15 pm on July 29 in the South Bronx. Two men were standing in the vicinity of Freeman Street and Chisholm Avenue in Charlotte Gardens. The two scooter riding robbers rode up and pulled out handguns. The crooks then removed the property off the victims. Cops said the gunmen then rode off southbound on 169th Street. 




Police released surveillance video of the suspects. One of the suspects wore a black balaclava and had a large red food delivery bag on his back. 


The other suspect wore a helmet which covered his face.


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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