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Bronx Bodega Bandit Wanted for Mott Haven Haul

Brazen Bandit Robs Store Block Away from Police Station
The NYPD is searching for this man in connection with the robbery of a Bronx bodega at gunpoint. -Photo by NYPD

The NYPD is searching for this man in connection with the robbery of a Bronx bodega at gunpoint. -Photo by NYPD

By Dan Gesslein 

Bronx Voice 

November 7, 2024 


BRONX - Cops are looking for a brazen bodega bandit who stuck up a grocery store a block away from a police station.


At around 11:30 am on October 22, a 34-year-old employee was working inside the bodega on East 138th Street. Cops said a man dressed in a blue hoodie and wearing a ski mask walked into the store waving a gun and demanding money. 


The gunman walked behind the counter and emptied the cash register.  


The robber than ran out of the store heading north on 138th Street. 


The NYPD released surveillance video of the suspect. He is described as a male with a dark complexion who is 5 foot 10 and between the ages of 18 to 25. He was last seen wearing a dark grey hooded sweatshirt, black jeans, black and white sneakers, and a black ski 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.

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Location: 460 E 138th St, Bronx, NY 10454, USA

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