Moped Riding Cell Phone Thief Targets Women

Robs 4 Women Throughout Bronx 

The NYPD is searching for this man in connection with a string of cell phone thefts throughout the Bronx. -Photo by NYPD

By Dan Gesslein 

Bronx Voice 

June 19, 2024

BRONX - Cops are looking for a moped riding thief who rips cellphones out of the hands of women walking through the Bronx.

The NYPD released surveillance video of the suspect who has struck four times throughout the Bronx. 

The robberies started on June 2. 

In each case a woman was seen walking on the sidewalk of a residential street. A man on an electric scooter creeps up behind the victim. Then the rider rolls up alongside the woman and yanks the phone out of her hands. He then guns it and rides off. 

The thief struck in Fordham, Soundview, Bedford Park and the Grand Concourse.  

The NYPD released surveillance video of the suspect yanking the phone out of one of the victims’ hands. 

The suspect was seen riding a red electric moped. He wore a black motorcycle helmet. He also wore a black backpack in the shop of a gorilla’s 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.