NEW YORK (1010 WINS) — Police are looking for a man who threatened and forced a 53-year-old deliveryman to the ground before stealing his E-bike in Brooklyn last Sunday.
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The violent altercation happened in front of 739 Dumont Ave. in East New York around 8 p.m.
According to police, the suspect approached the victim as he made a delivery and simulated a weapon while demanding money.
The man then forcibly remove a set of keys from the victim and fled on the victim's E-bike to parts unknown.
Cops said the victim sustained a cut to the hand but refused medical attention at the scene.
The value of the E-bike is around $1,700.
The suspect is in his mid-30s, with a thin build, black hair with braids, and was last seen wearing a mustard/yellow colored hoodie, dark colored shorts, multi-color sneakers, sunglasses on his forehead and carrying a multi-colored bag around his chest.
Anyone with information in regard to this incident is asked to call the NYPD's Crime Stoppers Hotline at 1-800-577-TIPS.