A group of armed robbers has been terrorizing the Upper West Side, targeting everyone, from Citi Bike riders in Central Park to a 13-year-old boy in a Dodgers cap, police say.
The trackers were last seen just after midnight on Wednesday forcibly grabbing the cell phone and wallet of a 27-year-old man “while threatening to stab him” on 69th West Street, near Central Park West , said the NYPD.
Police believe the group of at least three suspected men is behind four robberies in March, including a trio last week and two more incidents involving teen victims.
On March 30, the men allegedly brandished a gun and robbed three teenage boys on Riverside Drive, with two cell phones and a sweatshirt.
Two and a half hours later, the group burst into the lobby of an apartment building on Riverside Driver and West 78th Street and stole an electric scooter, police said.
On March 13 at 3:25 p.m., the men also allegedly followed a 13-year-old boy into the lobby of an apartment building near Amsterdam Avenue and West 77th Street, pushed him to the ground and they stole the Los Angeles Dodgers hat.
Four days later, around 9 p.m., the individuals threatened a two-year-old man with a knife in Central Park and stole their Citi bicycles, police said.
NYPD has made surveillance photos of the crew of Wednesday’s robbery available.
Anyone with information should call Crime Stoppers at 800-577-TIPS.