New York Robbery Pattern: NYPD Believe Same Man Suspected of Robbing Businesses in Both Manhattan and Bronx
NEW YORK CITY (WABC) — The same man is suspected of robbing businesses in both Manhattan and the Bronx.
According to the NYPD, the suspect entered a business on Boston Road in Eastchester during the afternoon of April 16 and told the store clerk that he had a firearm and demanded money.
The employee ran away unharmed and the suspect got nothing.
The next morning, police say the same individual entered a business on 9th Avenue in Hudson Yards and similarly told the employee he had a firearm and also demanded money.
No injuries were reported, but the man got away with $150.
The described suspect is approximately six feet tall, weighs about 250 pounds and has a light complexion.
Anyone with information about these two incidents is asked to call the NYPD’s Crime Stoppers Hotline at 1-800-577-TIPS (8477).
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Darla Miles has the Jackson Heights story.
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