Crime & Safety

2 Men Pull Off E-Bike Robbery Spree In Brooklyn: NYPD

The two men committed 5 robberies within a 7-day span, police said.

The 5 incidents happened at the end of April, police said.
The 5 incidents happened at the end of April, police said. (NYPD)

BROOKLYN, NY — Two men stole multiple e-bikes during a robbery spree in Brooklyn late last month, police said.

Beginning on April 21, at about 6:30 p.m., two unidentified men robbed a 29-year-old man of his e-bike in the vicinity of Bushwick Avenue and Furman Avenue, police said.

The victim was shoved to the ground and the two men fled north on Bushwick Avenue, police said.

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A few minutes later, at about 6:42 p.m., the two men punched a 30-year-old man in the face and stole his e-bike as he was delivering food at 605 Louisiana Avenue, police said.

The following weekend on April 27, at about 7:15 p.m., the same two individuals robbed a 29-year-old delivery worker who was picking up food at 819 Pennsylvania Avenue, police said.

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The two men approached the man and pushed him off his e-bike. They then fled the scene, going south on New Jersey Avenue, police said.

That same night, at about 9:32 p.m., the two men targeted a 37-year-old man, police said.

They attempted to steal the man’s e-bike at knife point, pushing the victim to the ground and then fleeing east on Stanley Avenue, police said.

Finally, on April 28, at about 4:44 p.m., the two individuals approached a 52-year-old man with one of the suspects displaying a firearm and punching the man in the face, police said.

The duo took the man’s e-bike and fled north on Stanley Avenue, police said.

Police have release surveillance images of the two wanted individuals.

Anyone with information in regard to this incident is asked to call the NYPD's Crime Stoppers Hotline at 1-800-577-TIPS (8477) or for 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/, on Twitter @NYPDTips.

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