NEW YORK (1010 WINS) -- Police are searching for two men on a scooter who snatched purses from six women—and punched five of them—in a drive-by robbery spree in the Bronx last week.
The violent purse snatchings happened over a span of less than 90 minutes early last Wednesday, police said Thursday.
Five of the six women robbed were punched in the face, police said. None of them are believed to have life-threatening injuries.
The victims were between the ages of 23 and 35 years old.
The first woman was targeted along Crotona Park East in Morrisania around 1 a.m.
A woman was then robbed on Jessup Avenue in Mt. Eden. A short time after that, a third woman had her purse snatched on Boston Road in Charlotte Gardens.
The fourth robbery was on Archer Street in West Farms, and the fifth on E. 175th Street in East Tremont.
The sixth and final robbery was around 2:20 a.m. at Robert Avenue and Bruckner Boulevard in Pelham Bay.
Video released by police Thursday shows the woman in the sixth robbery being knocked to the ground multiple times as she chases after the two men.
Anyone with information is asked to call Crime Stoppers at 1-800-577-TIPS.
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