{"id":143062,"date":"2026-02-23T20:03:14","date_gmt":"2026-02-23T20:03:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/143062\/"},"modified":"2026-02-23T20:03:14","modified_gmt":"2026-02-23T20:03:14","slug":"update-norwood-arrest-made-in-armed-robbery-inside-laundromat","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/143062\/","title":{"rendered":"UPDATE Norwood: Arrest Made in Armed Robbery inside Laundromat"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&#13;<br \/>\n\t&#13;<br \/>\n&#13;<\/p>\n<p>&#13;<br \/>\nBy S\u00cdLE MOLONEY<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\nTHE NYPD IS asking for the public\u2019s help identifying the two people seen in this video who they say are wanted in connection with a gunpoint robbery that occurred at 3601 Bainbridge Avenue in the Norwood section of The Bronx on Saturday, Feb. 14, 2026.\u00a0 Video courtesy of the NYPD\u00a0\u00a0\n<\/p>\n<p>The NYPD said they have made one arrest following a gunpoint robbery that occurred in the Norwood section of The Bronx on Feb. 14.\u00a0 Police had been asking for the public\u2019s help identifying the two people seen in the attached video who they said were wanted for questioning in connection with the robbery.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>They said that on Saturday, Feb. 14, (Valentine\u2019s Day) at around 6.40 p.m., two unidentified people entered a business located at 3601 Bainbridge Avenue, a laundromat, and approached a 28-year-old male victim and a 29-year-old male victim.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u201cOne of the individuals pointed a firearm at the 28-year-old male victim and forcibly removed his wallet and keys,\u201d a police spokesperson said. \u201cThe other individual then pointed a firearm at the 29-year-old male victim and forcibly removed his jewelry and currency. The two unidentified individuals then fled on foot to parts unknown. No injuries were reported as a result of this incident.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Police said the first suspect is described as male, is around 5 feet, 7 inches tall, weighs around 160 pounds, and was last seen wearing a black face mask, a black, hooded jacket, black pants, and black sneakers.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/52-pct.png\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-128282 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/52-pct.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"581\" height=\"691\"  \/><\/a>MAJOR CRIME STATISTICS for the 52nd Precinct for the 28-day period ending Feb. 8, 2026, compared to the same timeframe last year (left), and year-to-date major crime statistics for the 52nd Precinct as of Feb. 8, 2026, compared to last year (right). This precinct covers some or all of Bedford Park, Fordham, Kingsbridge, Norwood, Bronx Park, and University Heights.<\/p>\n<p>Source: NYPD<\/p>\n<p>They said the second suspect is also described as male, is also around 5 feet, 7 inches tall, also weighs around 160 pounds, and was last seen wearing a black face mask, a black, hooded jacket, black pants, blue gloves, and black sneakers.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Pursuant to an ongoing investigation, on Monday, Feb. 23, police said Wanderlin Mateo, 18, from the Belmont section of The Bronx was arrested on Feb. 20, at around 9.37 p.m. within the confines of the 49th Precinct, which covers some or all of the Bronx neighborhoods of Allerton, Morris Park, Van Nest, Pelham Parkway, Eastchester Gardens, and Pelham Gardens.<\/p>\n<p>They said he was charged with robbery and criminal possession of a weapon (a loaded firearm). He is presumed innocent unless and until convicted in a court of law.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>A 27-year-old male driver was robbed at gunpoint in Norwood, as <a href=\"https:\/\/www.norwoodnews.org\/norwood-27-year-old-male-driver-robbed-at-gunpoint-on-perry-avenue-vehicle-struck-with-bullet\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">reported<\/a>, on Tuesday evening, Feb. 17, by two people, one of whom fired a bullet into the man\u2019s car.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/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 Crimestoppers 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=1771646067371000&amp;usg=AOvVaw3DvNmRSSM4XZQqnZEQWwdi\">https:\/\/crimestoppers.nypdonline.org<\/a>, or on X @NYPDTips.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>All calls are strictly confidential.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/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 \u00a0 THE NYPD IS asking for the public\u2019s help identifying the&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":139675,"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-143062","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\/143062","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=143062"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/143062\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/139675"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=143062"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=143062"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=143062"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}