Armed trio steals e-bike in latest Central Park stick-up as robberies surge: cops
Three crooks armed with a gun snatched a man’s e-bike in a late-night hold-up in Central Park Thursday – the latest offense as robberies in the iconic greenspace surged this year, cops said.
The trio flashed a gun as they approached the 27-year-old victim at East 102nd Street and East Drive around 11:30 p.m., police said.
They snatched the bike, in addition to his cell phone, backpack and an undetermined amount of cash, cops said.
The suspects – described as three males with dark complexions between 18 to 20 years old, all wearing dark-colored hoodies – bolted after the heist, authorities said.
No arrests had been made by Friday morning.
Robberies surged nearly 106 percent this year in Central Park so far this year – with 35 incidents reported compared to 17 during the same period last year, according to the latest data.
Last month, an 11-year-old boy who was busted in a Queens subway robbery was linked to a spate of heists in Central Park carried out by migrant kids, NYPD Chief of Patrol John Chell revealed.
A group of up to 12 migrant boys or young men have been connected to roughly 10 robberies in Central Park, Chell said.
Police could not confirm whether Thursday night’s stick-up was linked to an existing crime pattern.
