{"id":187620,"date":"2026-04-06T21:19:08","date_gmt":"2026-04-06T21:19:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/187620\/"},"modified":"2026-04-06T21:19:08","modified_gmt":"2026-04-06T21:19:08","slug":"cyclist-wanted-in-gunpoint-robbery-at-south-ozone-park-grocery-store-attempted-robbery-in-south-richmond-hill-nypd-qns","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/187620\/","title":{"rendered":"Cyclist wanted in gunpoint robbery at South Ozone Park grocery store, attempted robbery in South Richmond Hill: NYPD \u2013 QNS"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\t\t\t\t<img width=\"1200\" height=\"848\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/gunpoint-robbery-south-ozone-park-attempted-robbery-south-richmond-hill01.jpg\" class=\"crop-center wp-post-image\" alt=\"Cops are looking for this suspect for allegedly robbing a South Ozone Park grocery store at gunpoint late last month.\" decoding=\"async\" fetchpriority=\"high\"  \/>\t\t\t<\/p>\n<p>Cops are looking for this suspect for allegedly robbing a South Ozone Park grocery store at gunpoint late last month. <\/p>\n<p>Photos courtesy of the NYPD<\/p>\n<p>Police from the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nyc.gov\/site\/nypd\/bureaus\/patrol\/precincts\/106th-precinct.page\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">106th Precinct<\/a> are looking for a gun-toting cyclist who robbed a grocery store during the early hours of Saturday, March 28. <\/p>\n<p>Police say the suspect walked into the market at 115-07 Lefferts Blvd. in <a href=\"https:\/\/qns.com\/neighborhoods\/south-ozone-park\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">South Ozone Park<\/a> at 3 a.m., pulled out a firearm and demanded money from a store employee. The perpetrator removed $3,500 from the cash register, police said, adding that the gunman fled the location on his bike traveling northbound on Leffets Boulevard toward Linden Boulevard.<\/p>\n<p>Investigators say the same suspect tried to rob a Texas Chicken &amp; Burgers restaurant just over a mile away a week earlier. The cyclist rode up to the chicken joint at 125-15 Liberty Ave. at just after 12:30 a.m. on Saturday, March 21 and went inside, where he pulled out a firearm and demanded cash. When the store employee refused to comply, the gunman turned and ran out of the shop, after realizing he was seen on a security camera, according to a law enforcement source. He was last seen riding southbound on 126th Street toward Linden Boulevard. There were no injuries at either commercial establishment.<\/p>\n<p>The NYPD released surveillance images of the suspect from the Texas Chicken &amp; Burgers restaurant and described him as having a dark complexion. He wore a black hooded winter jacket, black pants, a black Nike ski mask, white sneakers and he carried a backpack.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-605717\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/gunpoint-robbery-south-ozone-park-attempted-robbery-south-richmond-hill02.jpg\" alt=\"The robbery suspect left the Texas Chicken &amp; Burgers after noticing a security camera might have seen him.\" width=\"429\" height=\"397\"\/>The robbery suspect left the Texas Chicken &amp; Burgers after noticing a security camera might have seen him.Photo courtesy of the NYPD<\/p>\n<p>A reward of up to $3,500 is being offered for information that leads to his arrest and indictment.<\/p>\n<p>Anyone with information regarding this investigation is asked to call the NYPD\u2019s Crime Stoppers Hotline at 800-577-TIPS (8477) or for Spanish, 888-57-PISTA (74782). The public can also submit their tips by logging onto the Crime Stoppers website at <a href=\"https:\/\/crimestoppers.nypdonline.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">crimestoppers.nypdonline.org<\/a> or on X (the platform formerly known as Twitter) @NYPDTips. All calls and messages are strictly confidential.<\/p>\n<p>Through April 5, the 106th Precinct has reported 51 robberies so far in 2026, four more than the 47 reported at the same point last year, an increase of 8.5%, according to the most recent CompStat report.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Cops are looking for this suspect for allegedly robbing a South Ozone Park grocery store at gunpoint late&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":187621,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[37],"tags":[75236,303,9,24,63,103,104,122,124,123,2955,1690,75237],"class_list":{"0":"post-187620","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-queens","8":"tag-106th-precinct","9":"tag-crime","10":"tag-new-york","11":"tag-new-york-city","12":"tag-nyc","13":"tag-nypd","14":"tag-police","15":"tag-queens","16":"tag-queens-headlines","17":"tag-queens-news","18":"tag-robberies","19":"tag-robbery","20":"tag-texas-chicken-burgers"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/187620","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=187620"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/187620\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/187621"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=187620"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=187620"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=187620"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}