Food delivery worker, 71, robbed by 4 men on Bronx street: NYPD

Food delivery worker, 71, robbed by 4 men on Bronx street: NYPD
Photo credit NYPD

NEW YORK (WCBS 880) -- Officials released photos of four men they are searching for in connection to the robbery of a 71-year-old food delivery man in the Bronx last week, authorities said.

At about 7 p.m. on Wednesday, March 30, a 71-year old male food delivery employee was riding his electric bike in front of 1540 East 172nd Street in Soundview, when the suspects, riding two motorized scooters approached the victim, and demanded his property, police said.

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The group pushed the victim off his bike as one of the four suspects forcibly removed the victim’s delivery bike and fled in an unknown direction.

The victim was not injured. His bike had an estimated value of $1,700, officials said.

The four suspects are described as males, 20-30 years in age.

Anyone with information in regard to this incident is asked to call the NYPD's Crime Stoppers Hotline at 1-800-577-TIPS (8477).

Featured Image Photo Credit: NYPD