Three crooks armed with a gun snatched a person’s e-bike in a late-night holdup in Central Park on Thursday — the newest offense as robberies within the iconic greenspace surged this yr, cops stated.
The trio flashed a gun as they approached the 27-year-old sufferer at East 102nd Road and East Drive round 11:30 p.m., police stated.
They snatched the bike, along with his cellphone, backpack and an undetermined amount of money, cops stated.
The suspects — described as three males with darkish complexions between 18 and 20 years outdated, all carrying darkish hoodies — bolted after the heist, authorities stated.
No arrests had been made by Friday morning.
Robberies surged almost 106 p.c this yr in Central Park to date this yr — with 35 incidents reported in comparison with 17 throughout the identical interval final yr, in line with the newest information.
Final month, an 11-year-old boy who was busted in a Queens subway theft was linked to a spate of heists in Central Park carried out by migrant youngsters, NYPD Chief of Patrol John Chell revealed.
A gaggle of as much as 12 migrant boys or younger males have been linked to roughly 10 robberies in Central Park, Chell stated.
Police couldn’t affirm whether or not Thursday evening’s stickup was linked to an current crime sample.
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