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Food Delivery Driver Robbed of Car, Beaten

The NYPD is searching for four men in connection with the beating and robbery of a food deliveryman in the Bronx. -Photo by NYPD

By Dan Gesslein

Bronx Voice

November 15, 2023


BRONX - A food delivery driver was beaten and robbed of his car by a robbery crew in the Bronx, the NYPD said. 



Police released surveillance video of the four men wanted in connection with the attack in the Baychester section of the Bronx. 


At around 7:30 pm on November 13, a 42-year-old food delivery driver was delivering to an apartment building on Needham Avenue. Cops said four men walked up behind the delivery man and punched him in the face. Another kicked the worker in the head. Yet another member of the crew pulled out a handgun and demanded the victim’s car keys. 


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Cops said the four robbers made off with $700 in cash and the delivery man’s car. 




The NYPD released surveillance video of the four suspects. All four men are young males with dark complexions, all wearing black coats. One man is seen wearing a white surgical mask and a “North Face” jacket. another is seen wearing a coat with a fur collar. 





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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