NYC ROBBERY SPREE: Bronx Popeyes, Chelsea bodega among 13 businesses hit in 2 weeks

Police are searching for multiple suspects in the weeks-long crime spree
Police are searching for multiple suspects in the weeks-long crime spree. Photo credit NYPD

NEW YORK (1010 WINS/WCBS 880) – Police are searching for multiple suspects in a two-week crime spree linked to at least 13 robberies in Manhattan and the Bronx.

The NYPD released images Wednesday of the suspects they’re after in the spree, which stretches from April 15 to at least April 29.

The robberies have netted the crew at least $9,400 in cash and more than $6,900 in stolen merchandise, including cannabis and tobacco products.

While guns were pulled on many of the victims, no physical injuries were reported, according to cops.

Three of the suspects being sought by police
Three of the suspects being sought by police. Photo credit NYPD

The thieves first hit a deli in Hamilton Heights on April 15. Then on April 23, they robbed a bodega in Chelsea and five businesses in the Bronx, including a smoke shop in Laconia, a deli in Tremont and a Popeyes restaurant in Fordham Heights.

They were back at it again on April 25, when a Longwood business was held up, police said. A smoke shop in Murray Hill was robbed the next day, as was a deli in Melrose and a food truck parked at 163rd Street in Morrisania.

The most recent robberies were April 29, when a bodega at East 38th Street and Second Avenue in Murray Hill was hit, along with a deli in Morrisania, police said.

Anyone with information is asked to call Crime Stoppers at 1-800-577-TIPS.

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