Two Men Hold Up Uber Driver In Coney Island

Police are asking the public for help in locating two men wanted for robbing an Uber driver in Coney Island.

The men entered an Uber taxi on March 17, at 8:55pm, on the corner of Neptune Avenue and West 33rd Street, displayed a unknown metal object to the 21-year-old driver, and threatened him, cops said. The suspects snatched an Uber cell phone from the car before fleeing in an unknown direction. No injuries were reported.

The suspects are both described adult, black males.

Anyone with information in regards to this incident is asked to call the NYPD’s crime stoppers hotline at 800-577-TIPS. The public can also submit their tips by logging onto the crime stoppers website or by texting their tips to 274637 (CRIMES) and then entering TIP577.