Thief Snatches Headphones From Upper East, West Siders: NYPD

UPPER EAST SIDE, NY — From the east side to the west side, a bike-riding thief has been snatching pricy headphones off the heads of unsuspecting pedestrians, according to police.

Three people have had headphones stolen, two on the Upper East Side and one on the Upper West Side, by a man riding a gray Citibike back in April, according to police.

In each of the three daytime robs, police said that the mystery man rode up to his unsuspecting victims and plucked the expensive headphones — valued between $500 and $595, police said — right off of their heads.

The first ride-and-grab happened on April 6 at 2:45 p.m. when the crook stole from a 20-year-old woman as she walked along East 72nd Street between Park and Madison, police said.

Almost two weeks later, officials claim the same man struck again in a two-in-one-day rob.

The twofer began on the Upper East Side at 11:30 a.m. near East 86 Street between Second and Third avenues, where the man stole headphones off the head of a 39-year-old woman, according to officials.

Not even two hours later, at around 1:15 p.m., the biker made his way over to West End Avenue and West 82nd Street, where he stole his second pair of cans for the day from a 22-year-old woman, police said.

Authorities said that none of the three women targeted by the crook reported injuries.

Police released an image of a man believed to be connected to the thefts and described him as approximately 25-years-old, wearing all black and carrying a black book bag.

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).