{"id":197368,"date":"2026-04-14T21:29:07","date_gmt":"2026-04-14T21:29:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/197368\/"},"modified":"2026-04-14T21:29:07","modified_gmt":"2026-04-14T21:29:07","slug":"news-12-bronx-moped-riding-duo-wanted-for-chain-snatching-spree","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/197368\/","title":{"rendered":"News 12 | Bronx | Moped Riding Duo Wanted For Chain Snatching Spree"},"content":{"rendered":"<p data-rich-text-paragraph=\"true\">Police are searching for a moped-riding duo who they say is responsible for a chain snatching spree across the Bronx.<\/p>\n<p data-rich-text-paragraph=\"true\">The six robberies happened between March 21 and April 11, and in the two most recent incidents, the victims were held at gunpoint. Authorities say the youngest target was a 14-year-old girl.<\/p>\n<p data-rich-text-paragraph=\"true\">The pair followed a similar narrative in each incident. They approached the victim from behind on a moped, threatened them and used force to remove a chain from their necks before riding away.<\/p>\n<p data-rich-text-paragraph=\"true\">Police say the girl fell victim to the duo in Belmont on March 21, just after 5:30 p.m.<\/p>\n<p data-rich-text-paragraph=\"true\">They approached her in front of 2339 Hoffman St. and snatched her necklace off her neck. Authorities say she suffered pain and redness to her neck.<\/p>\n<p data-rich-text-paragraph=\"true\">The pair escalated their tactics in the two most recent chain-snatching incidents, holding a 27-year-old man at gunpoint near 2054 Wallace Ave. on April 8. Three days later, they threatened a 35-year-old man with a gun in front of 1109 Fteley Ave.<\/p>\n<p data-rich-text-paragraph=\"true\">None of the victims suffered serious injuries.<\/p>\n<p data-rich-text-paragraph=\"true\">Anyone with information is urged to call the NYPD&#8217;s Crime Stoppers Hotline at 1-800-577-TIPS (8477).<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Police are searching for a moped-riding duo who they say is responsible for a chain snatching spree across&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":197369,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[38],"tags":[128,9,24,63,129,131,130],"class_list":["post-197368","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-the-bronx","tag-bronx","tag-new-york","tag-new-york-city","tag-nyc","tag-the-bronx","tag-the-bronx-headlines","tag-the-bronx-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/197368","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=197368"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/197368\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/197369"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=197368"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=197368"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=197368"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}