Liquor Store Robbery Nets $100,000 Worth of Booze

Bike Rider Rips Off Mom in Front of Child

Cops are looking for this man in connection with a chain snatching in the Bronx. -Photo by NYPD

By Dan Gesslein
Bronx Voice

October 12, 2023

BRONX - Police are searching for a man riding a bike who snatched a gold chain off a mother as she held her baby. 

At around 7:45 am on October 3, the 34-year-old woman was standing across the street from a school. She was holding her 4-month-old child and was standing in front of 707 Concourse Village West. 

Cops said a man on a bicycle rode up to the mom and ripped the gold chain off her neck as she held her baby. The robber then rode off northbound on Concourse Village West. 

Liquor Store Robbery Nets $100,000 Worth of Booze

NEW YORK - Cops are looking for a robbery crew that broke into a pair of Queens liquor stores on the same night and stole nearly $100,000 worth of booze.

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Cops said the stolen chain is valued at $400. 

The suspect is described as a male with a light complexion. He was last seen wearing a grey camouflage t-shirt, black pants and white and red sneakers. He caught on surveillance cameras riding a silver bike with blue forks.

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.