Clothes Conscious Crooks Mug Teen in Park

The NYPD is searching for this man and two others in connection with a gunpoint robbery in Crotona Park. -Photo by NYPD

By Dan Gesslein 

Bronx Voice 

April 23, 2025 

BRONX - A teen was robbed at gun and knife point for the clothes on his back by a trio of clothes conscious crooks, cops said. 

At around 3 pm on April 18, a 15-year-old male was walking through Crotona Park when he was approached by three older males. Cops said one of the group pulled out a knife while the other two both pulled out black handguns. They demanded the teen take off what he was wearing. 

The teen handed over his Carhartt vest, Essentials hooded sweatshirt and a laundromat card. The robbers then fled with the clothes. No one was injured. 

The NYPD released surveillance video of the suspects. 

The first suspect is described as a male with a medium build and dark complexion. He is 5 foot 8 and is between the ages of 18 and 22. He was last seen wearing a black hooded sweatshirt, blue sweatpants and black and white sneakers. 

The second suspect is described as a male with a medium build and dark complexion. He is around 5 foot 8 and between the ages of 18 and 22. He was last seen wearing a black skullcap, black zip-up sweater with white lettering “AX” on the left side. He also wore gray sweatpants and gray sneakers. 

The third suspect is described as a male with a medium build and dark complexion. He is 5 foot 8 and between the ages of 18 and 22. He was last seen wearing a skullcap under a camouflage hooded sweatshirt, pink sweatpants, and gray sneakers.

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.

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