Knife Wielding Man Goes on 2-Hour Crime Spree in the Bronx

Suspect in Stabbing of 70-Year-Old Wanted for String of Robberies on Same Day 

The NYPD is searching for this man in connection with a series of robberies and the stabbing of a 70-year-old worker all in the same day. -Photo by NYPD

By Dan Gesslein 

Bronx Voice 

December 21, 2023 

BRONX - A suspect wanted for a vicious stabbing of a 70-year-old worker in a Bronx business has now been linked to two robberies prior to the stabbing, the NYPD said. 

A 70-year-old worker at a beauty supply company in Ollinville was stabbed repeatedly by a man in an apparent random attack. Cops said the suspect walked into the beauty supply store on White Plains Road at around 12:30 pm on December 15. He walked up to the elderly man, pulled out a knife and repeatedly stabbed him in the torso. 

The victim was taken to Jacobi Medical Center where he was listed in critical condition. 

Investigators now believe the same man struck at two other businesses earlier that day. At around 10:30 am on December 15, the suspect walked into a dry cleaners on Nereid Avenue. Cops said the man displayed a knife and demanded cash from a worker. The employee handed over $6 and then fled. 

Two hours later the same man struck at an African restaurant on White Plains Road. The suspect entered the restaurant, walked behind the counter and removed $200 from the registers, cops said. When an employee tried to stop him, the suspect pulled out a knife and menaced her. The robber left without incident. 

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A few minutes later the robber went to the beauty supply store where he stabbed the 70-year-old worker, cops said.  

The suspect is described as man with a dark complexions. He was last seen wearing a gray jacket, dark pants and a black mask.

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.