East Flatbush Robber On Bike Targeted Women

Liena Zagare -

EAST FLATBUSH — NYPD is still looking for the bicyclist who robbed an 11 year old girl of her school bag, and targeted other women in a string of robberies in East Flatbush back in late May.  In each case, the individual approached the victim on a bicycle, took their property, and biked away.

On Monday, May 15, 2017 just before 6pm, he stole a woman’s iPhone 6S from her back pocket on Albany Avenue and fled.

On Thursday, May 25, 2017 around 3pm robbed an 11 year-old girl – took her bag containing a notebook, text book, headphones, scarf, and $7 in cash near 76 East 40 Street.

On Saturday, May 27, 2017 around 2pm, he ripped an iPhone 6  from a 23 year-old woman’s hand and fled near East 39 Street and Church Avenue.

Anyone with information in regards to these incidents 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 WWW.NYPDCRIMESTOPPERS.COM<http://WWW.NYPDCRIMESTOPPERS.COM> or by texting their tips to 274637 (CRIMES) then enter TIP577.