Little Red Moped Riding Thief Wanted for Snatching Cell Phones

Police are searching for a man riding a red moped who robbed three women of their cell phones. -Photo by NYPD

By Dan Gesslein 

Bronx Voice 

October 10, 2023 

BRONX - Cops are looking for a little red moped riding thief who is suspected of snatching the cell phones out of the hands of women in at least three robberies throughout the Bronx. 

In each case the scootering thief struck near a school in the Bronx. In each case he drove up to an unsuspecting woman and snatched the phone out of her hands. And in each case the suspect rode the same red scooter. In one day the suspect struck twice within a two-minute period. 

The first incident took place at around 1:45 pm on August 6. A 36-year-old woman was walking on the street in front of 873 Union Avenue in Longwood across the street from New Visions Charter School. The suspect rode by on his red moped and snatched the phone out of her hands. 

On 9/11 the same crook robbed two women a block apart within a two-minute period, cops said. At around 1:22 pm on September 11, a 23-year-old woman was walking and talking on her cellphone in the vicinity of Kelly Street and Longwood Avenue. Cops said the man on the moped drove by and ripped the phone out of her hands. 

Cops said the same suspect rode a block away and struck again. At around 1:24 pm on the same day, the thief ripped a cellphone out of the hands of a 26-year-old woman at 931 East 156th Street. The robbery took place across the street from Girls Prep Bronx Elementary Charter School.

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.