Police are looking for a man they say is responsible for multiple robberies throughout New York City. <\/p>\n
Police say all incidents involved a man approaching victims while riding a moped and snatching their necklaces and jewelry. <\/p>\n
The first incident was reported on Sep. 30. in front of 2084 Grand Ave. in the Bronx just before 5:50 p.m. <\/p>\n
Investigators say the man approached a 54-year-old man and snatched his chain valued at around $2,700. The 54-year-old man held on to the moped and the thief attempted to flee. The victim fell and suffered minor injuries. <\/p>\n
The second incident was reported in Manhattan on Sep. 25. In front of 532 W 145th St. at 4 p.m. Police say the man snatched the necklace off a 48-year-old man. The necklace is valued at around $700. <\/p>\n
A third incident was reported that same day in Manhattan less than 30 minutes later. The man tried to snatch a necklace of a 44-year-old woman. After he was unsuccessful, he threatened the woman to give up her property. <\/p>\n
A fourth robbery was reported on Oct. 5. in front of 135 East Houston Street at 1:30 p.m. A 32-year-old man was approached by the man and demanded his property. <\/p>\n
Another robbery was reported the same day in Brooklyn near Greene Avenue and Lewis Avenue just before 2 p.m. A 28-year-old man had a bracelet and necklace forcibly taken. The items are valued at around $2100. <\/p>\n
The following day a 69-year-old man was robbed of his necklace in front of 54 Nagle Ave. At around 7:10 p.m. The man fell and sustained lacerations. He was transported to New York-Presbyterian Allen Hospital and is expected to be OK. <\/p>\n
The latest robbery was reported in the Bronx on Oct. 8. near Mount Eden Parkway and Sheridan Avenue at around 3 p.m. The man approached a 30-year-old man and attempted to snatch his necklace. A struggle ensued between the victim and the thief. The perpetuator than stabbed the 30-year-old man in the leg before taking his property. The 30-year-old man was taken to a local hospital where he is expected to recover. <\/p>\n
Anyone with information is asked to call the NYPD Crime Stoppers hotline at 1-800-577-TIPS (8477).<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Police are looking for a man they say is responsible for multiple robberies throughout New York City. Police…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":371963,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[9,24,55,54,56],"class_list":["post-371962","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-new-york-city","tag-new-york","tag-new-york-city","tag-new-york-city-headlines","tag-new-york-city-news","tag-ny"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/371962","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=371962"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/371962\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/371963"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=371962"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=371962"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=371962"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}