E-Bike Riding Thieves Snatch Necklaces

Women Targeted by Mobile Muggers
The NYPD is searching for mulitple suspects in a string of chain snatchings using e-bikes. -Photo by NYPD

The NYPD is searching for mulitple suspects in a string of chain snatchings using e-bikes. -Photo by NYPD

By Dan Gesslein 

Manhattan Voice

September 25, 2024


MANHATTAN - A crew of e-bike riding thieves have been ripping necklaces off women near Lincoln Center and Hell’s Kitchen, cops said.


The NYPD announced yesterday that they are searching for a group of five young men for at least three chain snatchings. Investigators said in each case the suspects used either a moped or an e-bike to target women in Hell’s Kitchen and around Lincoln Center.


In the first case, a 64-year-old woman was injured during the mobile mugging.


At around 8 pm on August 5, the woman was walking near the corner of West 65 Street and West End Avenue. Cops said a pair on a moped rode up behind her. The passenger on the bike ripped the necklace off the woman and then pushed her to the ground.


The thieves rode off in an unknown direction.


The victim was treated at Mount Sinai Hospital where she is listed in stable condition.


At around 4 pm on August 11, a 25-year-old woman was walking in the vicinity of 50 Street and 8 Avenue. Cops said two men on an e-bike rode up behind the woman and snatched the chain off her neck.


The thieves then rode off southbound on 8th Avenue.


The same crew struck again at around 7:30 pm on September 7. A 22-year-old woman was on the corner of corner of West 47 Street and 8 Avenue when she was approached. Two men on an e-bike rode up behind her and snatched her necklace from her neck.


Cops subsequently arrested one of the suspects.


Anyone with information in regard to this 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 https://crimestoppers.nypdonline.org/ or on Twitter @NYPDTips.


All calls are strictly confidential.


Location: W 65th St & West End Ave, New York, NY 10023, USA

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