Midtown Rolex Snatcher Nabbed: NYPD

MIDTOWN, NY —Police say they have arrested and charged a man who stole two Rolex watches, valued at a total of $55,000, right off the wearer's wrists last June on Eighth Avenue.

Dawda Njie, 36, was arrested on Monday and charged with robbery, officials said.

Police contend that Njie was involved in two Rolex snatches just days — and blocks — apart last summer in Midtown.

A 50-year-old man had his $25,000 Rolex snatched June 13 when he refused to buy drugs from a man about 3 a.m. at Eighth Avenue and West 47th Street, police said.

Just a week later, police said that two assailants assaulted a 44-year-old man at Eighth Avenue and West 37th Street at just before 3 a.m., and stole a Rolex valued at $30,000.