A motorcycle-riding and armed duo swindled more than $25,000 worth of jewelry in a series of violent crimes in the Bronx last month, police said.
Footage released by the NYPD late Thursday shows the two masked suspects — who are accused of six robberies between Oct. 8 and Oct. 22 — jumping onto a single motorcycle with green rims and driving away.
The pair first approached a 54-year-old man on Grand Concourse near Rockwood Street on Oct. 8 around 2 p.m. and punched him repeatedly in the head and face, police said.
They then took two necklaces and a bracelet worth a total of $6,350, police said.
Then, around 11:15 a.m. on Oct. 18, the duo allegedly drove up to a 38-year-old man on Randall Avenue near Tiffany Street and flashed a gun, police said.
One of the suspects pistol-whipped the victim before grabbing his necklace and rings, worth about $6,600, authorities said.
About 15 minutes later, the motorcyclists targeted a 31-year-old man on River Avenue near East 165th Street — about a block from Yankee Stadium, police said.
They pulled a gun on the victim before snatching his necklace, which authorities said was worth about $3,300.
Another 15 minutes passed before the robbers attacked a 48-year-old man on Williamsbridge Road near Lydig Avenue — hitting him in the head with a gun and robbing him of his $3,000 necklace, police said.
The pair targeted their youngest victim, a 17-year-old boy, around 11 a.m. on Oct. 22, authorities said.
They drove to the teen on East 167th Street near Gerard Avenue, where one of them pulled out a gun and stole two necklaces, worth a total of about $2,500, police said.
The teen fought back, prompting the robber to fire one shot from his gun — but the victim was not hit, authorities said.
Around 12:20 a.m. that same day, the pair rolled up to their latest victim, a 36-year-old man, on Summit Avenue near West 165th Street, police said.
They ripped off the victim’s necklace and bracelet, worth about $4,000, police said.
The suspects took a total of $25,750 in jewelry in all six robberies, police said.
No arrests had been made as of Friday.
Anyone with information about the string of robberies is asked to call the NYPD’s Crime Stoppers Hotline at 1-800-577-TIPS (8477) or in Spanish: 1-888-57-PISTA (74782).
The public can also submit their tips by logging onto the Crime Stoppers website at https://crimestoppers.nypdonline.org/at X @NYPDTips.
All conversations are strictly confidential.
