Crime & Safety

NYPD Searches For Group That Robbed Man At Knifepoint In UWS Park

Police released photos Sunday for the first time of four men wanted in connection to a recent knifepoint robbery in Riverside Park.

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An image of four men wanted in connection to a recent knifepoint robbery on the Upper West Side.
An image of four men wanted in connection to a recent knifepoint robbery on the Upper West Side. (Photo courtesy of the New York Police Department)

UPPER WEST SIDE, NY — Police are looking for four men who are wanted in connection to a recent knifepoint robbery in an Upper West Side section of Riverside Park.

Around 9 p.m. on Oct. 12, a person walking within Riverside Park near West 99th Street was approached by four men, police said. A member of the group flashed a knife and another person demanded the person's money, police added.

The group took $66 from the person and ran away, police said.

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The person was not injured during the robbery.

Police released photos Sunday for the first time of the four men wanted in connection to the Upper West Side robbery.

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Photo courtesy of the New York Police Department

The investigation remains ongoing.

Anyone with information in regard to this incident is asked to call the NYPD's Crime Stoppers Hotline at 1-800-577-TIPS (8477).

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