Two Wanted For Robbing Cabbie In Coney Island

Police are searching for two men they say robbed a cab driver in Coney Island on Tuesday, March 17.

The suspects climbed into their 21-year-old victim’s cab on the corner of Neptune Avenue and West 33rd Street at around 8:55pm and demanded cash, cops said. The suspects took the cabbie’s cellphone before fleeing on foot.

The NYPD released a photo of one suspect.

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.