The four suspects behind a series of robberies at Manhattan food trucks and newsstands, such as this one at the corner of Trinity Place and Rector Street in the Financial District.
Photo via Google Maps/Inset courtesy of NYPD
Police in Manhattan are looking for a robbery crew targeting newsstand and food truck operators around the borough.
Four suspects are responsible for nine heists in the first 11 days of the new year, law enforcement sources said. In each case, the crooks targeted workers at newsstands or food trucks in Midtown, the Financial District and the Upper East Side — physically assaulted them or threatened them with a knife, and stole cash or personal property.
Authorities said the first robbery occurred on New Year’s Day, when three individuals hit a newsstand in front of 1717 Broadway in Midtown at about 7:10 p.m. on Jan. 1. There, they accosted a 70-year-old man operating the newsstand — pushing him to the ground and forcibly removing $750 in cash. The suspects then took off on foot northbound along Broadway.
The next day, police reported, three bandits robbed a 27-year-old woman working a newsstand in front of 936 3rd Ave. on the Upper East Side at about 4:25 p.m. on Jan. 2. The crooks shoved her to the ground, then forcibly removed her cellphone and took off on foot.
Nearly two hours later, NYPD sources said, the same crooks traveled to Midtown and robbed a 59-year-old man operating a newsstand at the southeast corner of Broadway and West 58th Street at about 6:07 p.m. Jan. 2. This time, police noted, the perpetrators displayed a knife and menaced the worker, then removed $250 from the cash register. After the caper, the suspects took off on foot westbound along West 58th Street.
Law enforcement sources said two crew members struck again three days later, when they robbed a 40-year-old woman working at a food truck in front of 1524 2nd Ave. on the Upper East Side at about 8:35 p.m. Jan. 5. The suspects pushed her to the ground,…
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