A group of armed thieves have been terrorizing the Upper West Side – targeting everyone from Citi Bike riders in Central Park to a 13-year-old boy in a Dodgers cap, police say.
The evildoers were last seen shortly after midnight on Wednesday, forcibly taking a 27-year-old man’s cell phone and wallet “while threatening to stab him” on West 69th Street near Central Park West, he said. the NYPD.
Police believe the group of at least three suspects is behind another four robberies in March – including a trio last week and two more incidents involving teenage victims.
On March 30, the men reportedly brandished a gun and stole three teenagers on Riverside Drive – leaving with two cell phones and a sweatshirt.
Two and a half hours later, the group broke into the lobby of an apartment building on Riverside Driver and West 78th Street and stole an electric scooter, police said.
On March 13 at 3:25 pm, the men also allegedly followed a 13-year-old boy in the lobby of a building near Amsterdam Avenue and West 77th Street, pushed him to the floor and stole his LA Dodgers hat.
Four days later, around 9 pm, individuals threatened two young men in their 20s in Central Park with a knife and stole their Citi Bikes, police said.
The NYPD released surveillance photos of Wednesday’s theft crew.
Anyone with information should call Crime Stoppers at 800-577-TIPS.