What you should know
- Police are searching for a serial robber from Greenwich Village to the Upper East Side who they say has robbed more than a dozen people, and businesses from New York City, while brandishing a knife often pressed against his victims.
- The New York City Police Department says the armed assailant attacked at least 15 victims in less than four weeks, taking more than $ 3,300 in cash and a victim’s credit cards on at least one occasion.
- Police say the man is approximately 20 to 30 years old, 5’8 “tall, and weighs about 140 to 160 pounds. Anyone with information should contact the police or call Crime Stoppers at 1-800-577-TIPS. ), or for Spanish at 1-888-57-PISTA.
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NEW YORK – Police are searching for a serial robber from Greenwich Village to the Upper East Side who is said to have robbed more than a dozen people, and businesses from New York City, while brandishing a knife at often pressed against their victims.
The New York City Police Department says the armed assailant attacked at least 15 victims in less than four weeks, taking more than $ 3,300 in cash and a victim’s credit cards on at least one occasion.
According to police, the knife-wielding man began his spree on October 9 at a Chase Back in Midtown. The man entered the lobby of the East 42nd Street branch around 11 p.m. and allegedly grabbed a 27-year-old victim from behind.
The suspect took $ 150 in cash from the woman’s wallet before fleeing the bank, police say. The woman suffered minor injuries to her arm, but refused medical attention.
The man’s second victim also suffered injuries, this time to the face. Police say the suspect attacked the next day at the Liberty Smoke Shop on Tenth Avenue around 7 p.m. In that case, the armed individual walked behind the search and repeatedly struck an employee in the face before taking $ 580 from the search. of the store.
There was a two-week gap between the second and third robbery attempts by the suspect. Authorities say the man went after a 71-year-old man on October 24 in Greenwich Village, again brandishing his knife while demanding cash. But this time the police say the victim refused and the attacker fled without injuring him.
Police say the next day he held the knife to the back of a man’s neck, a threat he repeated twice to victims 50 and older. He found a third victim on October 26, claiming $ 120 a day, as well as a man’s credit cards.
The serial robber found his youngest 19-year-old victim on Oct. 28 when he tried to rob three different people, police say. She did not comply with the suspect’s demands, but the thief received a handful of cash from an elderly victim later that day and $ 600 in cash from a Subway restaurant on Broadway.
Police say the suspect would strike five more times before recording his 15th robbery on Nov. 1 when he stole $ 600 from a deli register on Second Avenue, just one day after stealing $ 1,200 from a Dunkin Donuts on Madison Avenue.
The department released surveillance footage and a new video of the man later this week after compiling the long list of crime scenes he left in his wake.
Police say the man is approximately 20 to 30 years old, 5’8 “tall, and weighs about 140 to 160 pounds. Anyone with information should contact the police or call Crime Stoppers at 1-800-577-TIPS. ), or for Spanish at 1-888-57-PISTA.
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