NEW YORK (1010 WINS) — The NYPD released a new video on Monday amid the hunt for a man on a bike who has snatched at least five women's iPhones throughout Manhattan since late June.
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In each incident, police said the victim was walking with her cellphone in her hand when she was approached from behind by a bike-riding man who snatched the phone and rode away.
The first three incidents all happened on June 28, and the last two happened on July 24.
The first incident happened around 1:35 a.m. in front of 435 East 14th St. in Stuyvesant Town/Peter Cooper Village. An iPhone with an attached wallet containing $10 cash, a personal ID and a debit card was stolen from a 21-year-old woman. The individual fled eastbound on Avenue A.
Cops said the second incident happened around 2:15 a.m. in front of 118 Orchard St. in Chinatown. An iPhone 11S was stolen from a 30-year-old woman. The suspect fled westbound on Rivington Street.
The third incident happened around 11:10 p.m. in front of 1886 Broadway in Lincoln Square. An iPhone Pro was stolen from a 32-year-old woman. The individual fled eastbound on 63rd Street and then southbound on Central Park West.
The fourth incident happened around 1:05 p.m. in front of 237 West 99th St. on the Upper West Side, according to police. An iPhone XS was stolen from a 25-year-old woman. The individual fled westbound on West 99th Street and then northbound on Broadway.
Police said the last incident happened at 2:30 p.m. in front of 1 Stuyvesant Oval in Stuyvesant Town/Peter Cooper Village. An iPhone 13 Pro was stolen from a 21-year-old woman. The individual fled southbound toward East 14th Street.
The man being sought is in his 20s, 5'8" tall and weighs 140 pounds. In each incident, he was wearing a blue face mask and riding a bicycle with a red Grubhub bag attached.
Anyone with information in regard to these incidents is asked to call the NYPD's Crime Stoppers Hotline at 1-800-577-TIPS.
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