NEW YORK (WCBS 880) -- Police are searching for three men in a string of armed thefts across New York City in which sellers of PlayStation 5 game consoles and other electronics were duped into meetups in which they were robbed at gunpoint.
The NYPD released images Monday of one of three suspects being sought, as well as the dark blue Honda Accord he allegedly fled in.
The robberies occurred between March 3 and April 12 in the Bronx, Queens and Upper and Lower Manhattan.
Police said the man reaches out to the victims through an online market site and agrees to meet them at a location to buy a PlayStation 5. He then robs them during the meetup while flashing or simulating a gun, police said.
The victims include a 29-year-old man robbed of a graphics card in Parkchester on March 3; a 40-year-old man robbed of a PlayStation 5 in College Point on March 3; a 19-year-old man robbed of a PlayStation 5 in Harlem on April 3; a 36-year-old man robbed of a PlayStation 5 in Pelham Bay on April 8; a 39-year-old man robbed of jewelry in Morris Heights on April 10; and a 23-year-old man robbed of camera equipment in the East Village on April 12.
In total, the thieves have made off with three PlayStation 5 consoles with a value of at least $500 each, as well as $6,000 in jewelry, $1,300 in camera equipment and a $1,050 electronic graphics card.
No injuries were reported in any of the robberies, police said.
Anyone with information is asked to call Crime Stoppers at 1-800-577-TIPS.
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