Tuesday Night Robbery Involving Zip Ties

SHEEPSHEAD BAY – We received a tip yesterday about a massive police presence and K9 dogs on Voorhies Avenue and East 16th Street. It turns out, it was a robbery.

According to the NYPD, two unknown masked men approached a man near Voorhies Avenue and Shore Parkway. They displayed firearms and attempted to zip tie the 34-year-old victim. From his pocket, they removed $400 in cash, a debit card, credit card, and keys. From the victim’s car, they stole his pocketbook which contained a cellphone.

The two suspects then fled and headed in an unknown direction. The victim was uninjured. Cops tell us no one has yet been arrested and the investigation is ongoing.

So many questions.

Anyone with information in regard to the above 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 CrimeStoppers website at WWW.NYPDCRIMESTOPPERS.COM, on Twitter @NYPDTips or by texting their tips to 274637 (CRIMES) then enter TIP577. All calls are strictly confidential.