Man Wanted For Multiple Robberies In Upper Manhattan, Bronx: NYPD

UPPER MANHATTAN, NY — A man armed with a gun recently robbed five stores in Upper Manhattan and the Bronx in what law enforcement is calling a citywide robbery pattern.

In all the commercial robberies, which took place from March 25 to April 7, the man walked into a store and demanded money from an employee while flashing or indicating that he had a gun, police said.

The robberies took place in Washington Heights, Harlem, and Kingsbridge.

Here are more details for each of the seven robberies, as two of the stores were robbed twice in the last 14 days, according to police.

Incident 1: Around 6:17 p.m. on March 25, a man entered a store at 5585 Broadway (Bronx) and demanded money from a 19-year-old employee, police said. The man opened his jacket to unveil a gun, and snatched $1,764 from the cash register before running off, police said. There were no injuries.

Incident 2: Around 5:13 p.m. on March 28, a man entered a store at 501 W. 125th St. and again flashed a gun and demanded money from an employee, police said. He proceeded to grab $830 from the cash register before fleeing, police said. There were no injuries.

Incident 3: Around 1 p.m. on March 29, a man returned to the same Bronx store at 5585 Broadway and approached a different 30-year-old employee, police said. The robber again flashed a gun and took $444 from the cash register, police said. There were no injuries.

Incident 4: Around 7:55 p.m. on March 30, a person entered a store in Washington Heights at 4149 Broadway, between West 175th and 176th streets, while wearing a ski mask and demanded to pay a bill on an account, police said. The person wearing the ski mask then pulled out a gun from his pocket and demanded money, police said. The robber got away with roughly $1,105, before fleeing northbound on Broadway.

There are three commercial businesses at that Washington Heights address, including La Cubana, Boost Mobile, and Ria Money Transfer. It is unclear which store was robbed.

Incident 5: Around 5:20 p.m. on April 1, a person entered a store at 2035 Amsterdam Avenue, between West 160th and 161st streets, and demanded money while flashing a gun at a 30-year-old employee, police said. The man snatched $1,057 from the cash register, before fleeing, police said. There were no injuries.

Incident 6: Around 2:44 p.m. on April 6, a man walked into the same Harlem store at 501 West 125th Street, and approached the same 30-year-old employee that he did on March 28, police said. He demanded that the employee open the cash register and removed $800, before running out of the store, police said. There were no injuries.

Incident 7: Around 6:25 p.m. on April 7, a man entered a Bronx store at 5609 Broadway, and displayed a gun, police said. He then took $1,000 and a cell phone, before fleeing, police said. There were no injuries.

In total, the man got away with around $7,000 in the seven robberies.

Police released a photo over the weekend of the man wanted in connection to the robberies.

Anyone with information in regard to the identity of this individual is asked to call the NYPD's Crime Stoppers Hotline at 1-800-577-TIPS (8477) or for Spanish, 1-888-57-PISTA (74782).