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Bedford Park: Four Sought for Armed Robbery of 50-Year-Old Man

THE NEW YORK City Police Department is asking for the public’s help identifying the people seen in this photo who they say are sought in connection to an armed robbery that occurred in Bedford Park on Monday, March 4, 2024. 
Photo courtesy of the NYPD

The New York City Police Department is asking for the public’s help identifying the people seen in the attached photo who they say are sought in connection to an armed robbery that occurred in Bedford Park.

 

Police said that on Monday, March 4, at around 4.20 a.m., a 50-year-old male victim was approached by four males in the vicinity of Jerome Avenue and Risse Street. They said the group displayed a knife and stole the victim’s 2022 Toyota Highlander, debit card, and cellphone. They said they then fled northbound on Jerome Avenue to parts unknown. “There are no injuries reported,” a police spokesperson said.

 

Anyone with information regarding 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.

All calls are strictly confidential.

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