{"id":16732,"date":"2025-10-25T21:33:08","date_gmt":"2025-10-25T21:33:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/16732\/"},"modified":"2025-10-25T21:33:08","modified_gmt":"2025-10-25T21:33:08","slug":"nyc-carjackers-box-in-driver-and-steal-his-rolls-luxe-watch-cops","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/16732\/","title":{"rendered":"NYC carjackers box in driver and steal his Rolls, luxe watch: cops"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Carjackers stole a man\u2019s $400,000 Rolls Royce and $85,000 Patek Phillippe watch at gunpoint after boxing the luxe vehicle in on a Queens street Friday morning, police and sources said.<\/p>\n<p>The 34-year-old victim was driving the 2024 luxury ride when he pulled over at 5:20 a.m. because he noticed that his trunk was open, cops said.<\/p>\n<p>He got out to close it at 31st Street and 35th Avenue and was suddenly blocked in by a gray Dodge Durango SUV, according to police.<\/p>\n<p>Three masked men jumped out, police said.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><img style=\"aspect-ratio:1.51219512;display:block\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-modal-image=\"37484441\" width=\"620\" height=\"410\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/000-patek-philippe-watch-boxing-114171910.jpg\" alt=\"Surveillance footage of a man in a black hoodie next to a white car, with a &quot;Crime Stoppers&quot; banner overlaid.\" class=\"wp-image-37484441\"  \/>The Rolls Royce driver got out of his car to close his trunk and was boxed in by another vehicle. NYPD<\/p>\n<p>\u201cOne of the three individuals displayed a firearm and made verbal threats,\u201d cops said.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>All three then removed the victim\u2019s pricey watch, cellphones, a registered firearm, a car key, a jacket and his U.S. Passport, cops and sources said.\u00a0The man had a woman in the vehicle with him, the sources said.<\/p>\n<p>Two people fled in the Dodge and the other two took off in the victim\u2019s Rolls Royce Ghost, which has Florida license plate 16FCWR.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The value of the stolen property is approximately $491,000, cops said.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>A short time later, two men were seen in getting into the car in Brooklyn. <\/p>\n<p><img style=\"aspect-ratio:1.3781965;display:block\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-modal-image=\"37484439\" width=\"813\" height=\"590\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/000-patek-philippe-watch-boxing-114171911.jpg\" alt=\"Collage of two images showing two different men wanted by the NYPD Crime Stoppers.\" class=\"wp-image-37484439\"  \/>Two men wearing masks jumped out of the SUV and one of them demanded the Rolls at gunpoint, cops said. NYPD<\/p>\n<p>Police released surveillance photos and video of the men, who had taken off their masks, cops said.<\/p>\n<p>Anyone with information regarding this incident is asked to call the NYPD\u2019s Crime Stoppers Hotline at 1-800-577-TIPS (8477) or for Spanish, 1-888-57-PISTA (74782). The public can also submit their tips by logging onto the CrimeStoppers website at\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/urldefense.com\/v3\/__https:\/\/crimestoppers.nypdonline.org\/__;!!F0Stn7g!GdOPsP7LiocBb2lFHER5X0QJUjVnz1A9jToYZaFNz3Hp7hfu6Tio7hqF4-szk8w6qWoBp4JavI5jZ8D2Fts$\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">https:\/\/crimestoppers.nypdonline.org\/<\/a>, or on X @NYPDTips.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Carjackers stole a man\u2019s $400,000 Rolls Royce and $85,000 Patek Phillippe watch at gunpoint after boxing the luxe&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":16733,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[3814,57,9,56,63,65,64,122,11846,58,11847],"class_list":{"0":"post-16732","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-new-york-city","8":"tag-astoria","9":"tag-metro","10":"tag-new-york","11":"tag-ny","12":"tag-nyc","13":"tag-nyc-headlines","14":"tag-nyc-news","15":"tag-queens","16":"tag-rolls-royce","17":"tag-us-news","18":"tag-watches"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16732","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=16732"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16732\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/16733"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=16732"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=16732"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=16732"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}