The NYPD is looking for suspects who use scooters in their robberies. Marc Santia reports.
Cops are looking for a man in connection with three armed robberies within an hour in the Bronx, authorities say.
The trio of attacks happened between 1:50 a.m. and 2:13 a.m. on Monday, June 6 and targeted people on Randall Avenue, Barretto Street and East 149th Street, police said.
The earliest robbery involved a Randall Avenue food vendor. Cops say the man approached the cart and showed the 38-year-old woman who was running it a gun. He demanded money, then took about $70 before fleeing on a motorized scooter.
Surveillance video released by police shows him ride up and put the gun on the counter as he shoves his hand into a tip jar and asks for more cash.
Just 2 minutes later, the NYPD says the same man approached a 51-year-old man on Barretto Street and demanded money from him, also while flashing the weapon. The scooter rider grabbed about $110 before fleeing again on the motorized device.
The final robbery in the spree happened shortly before 2:15 a.m. the same day, inside a check-cashing business on East 149th Street. In that case, cops say the robber walked in and passed the 60-year-old employee a note demanding money. Then he showed the gun.
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The employee wouldn't turn anything over so the man left with nothing, police say. No injuries were reported in any of the three cases.
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Police are trying to see if the three robberies are connected to another in Brooklyn. In that incident, two men on a scooter zipped by an unsuspecting woman in Sunset Park, grabbing her purse and dragging her to the ground.
Anyone with information is asked to call Crime Stoppers at 1-800-577-TIPS.
