Robbery suspects
Police are looking for two men on bikes who swiped two women’s iPhones in Gramercy and Murray Hill.
Both incidents took place in June, but police released the information, along with surveillance photos of the robbery suspects, on Thursday.
On Tuesday, June 16 at 9:15 p.m., a 28-year-old woman was walking in front of 459 Park Avenue between 31st and 32nd Streets, when the men rode up on their bicycles and snatched her iPhone 6 as she was using it. The suspects then pedaled away.
On Monday, June 22, at 5:05 a.m., a 24-year-old female was walking in the vicinity of Madison Avenue and East 23rd Street when the suspects rode over to her and stole the iPhone 6 from out of her hand. The men then fled the scene.
There were no reported injuries in either incident.
Anyone with information in regards to these incidents is asked to call the NYPD’s Crime Stoppers Hotline at 800-577-TIPS or visit www.nypdcrimestoppers.com or text tips to 274637(CRIMES), then enter TIP577.
Tagged: 13th precinct, bikes, crime, Gramercy, kips bay, Murray Hill, Park Avenue South, robbery
