{"id":116014,"date":"2026-01-29T04:25:08","date_gmt":"2026-01-29T04:25:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/116014\/"},"modified":"2026-01-29T04:25:08","modified_gmt":"2026-01-29T04:25:08","slug":"fordham-heights-male-sought-for-robbery-of-72-year-old-man","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/116014\/","title":{"rendered":"Fordham Heights: Male Sought for Robbery of 72-Year-Old Man"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&#13;<br \/>\n\t&#13;<br \/>\n&#13;<\/p>\n<p>&#13;<br \/>\nBy S\u00cdLE MOLONEY <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/RMA-255-26-Robbery-46-Pct-1-10-26-Photo-2.png\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-127499 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/RMA-255-26-Robbery-46-Pct-1-10-26-Photo-2.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"703\" height=\"771\"  \/><\/a>THE NYPD IS asking for the public\u2019s help identifying the person seen in the attached photo who they say is wanted in connection with a robbery of an elderly person that occurred in the Fordham Heights section of The Bronx.\u00a0<br \/>Photo courtesy of the NYPD<\/p>\n<p>The NYPD is asking for the public\u2019s help identifying the person seen in the attached photo who they say is wanted in connection with a robbery of an elderly person that occurred in the Fordham Heights section of The Bronx.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Police said that on Saturday, Jan. 10, at around 7.30 a.m. in front 2305 Ryer Avenue, an unidentified person shoved a 72-year-old male victim against a fence, searched his back pants pocket, and removed his wallet. \u201cThe victim\u2019s wallet contained approximately $150, a debit card, and multiple identification cards,\u201d police said. \u201cThe individual then fled the location on foot, traveling northbound on Ryer Avenue to parts unknown. There were no injuries reported as a result of this incident.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Police said the suspect is described as male, and was last seen wearing a green ski-mask, a black jacket, gray sweatpants and black sneakers.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/RMA-255-26-Robbery-46-Pct-1-10-26-Photo-1.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-127500 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/RMA-255-26-Robbery-46-Pct-1-10-26-Photo-1.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"679\" height=\"843\"  \/><\/a>THE NYPD IS asking for the public\u2019s help identifying the person seen in the attached photo who they say is wanted in connection with a robbery of an elderly person that occurred in the Fordham Heights section of The Bronx.\u00a0<br \/>Photo courtesy of the NYPD<\/p>\n<p>Anyone with information regarding this incident is asked to call the NYPD\u2019s 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 Crime Stoppers website at\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/crimestoppers.nypdonline.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/crimestoppers.nypdonline.org\/&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1769743614584000&amp;usg=AOvVaw1qzXGgXFDaffcSy7nuQv92\">https:\/\/crimestoppers.nypdonline.org\/<\/a>, on X @NYPDTips.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>All calls are strictly confidential.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t&#13;<br \/>\n&#13;<br \/>\n&#13;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"&#13; &#13; &#13; &#13; By S\u00cdLE MOLONEY THE NYPD IS asking for the public\u2019s help identifying the person&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":116015,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[38],"tags":[128,9,24,63,129,131,130],"class_list":{"0":"post-116014","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-the-bronx","8":"tag-bronx","9":"tag-new-york","10":"tag-new-york-city","11":"tag-nyc","12":"tag-the-bronx","13":"tag-the-bronx-headlines","14":"tag-the-bronx-news"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/116014","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=116014"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/116014\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/116015"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=116014"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=116014"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=116014"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}