Scooter Muggers Strike in Queens

Police are searching for two men in connection with the mugging of scooters in Queens. -Photo by NYPD

By Dan Gesslein 

Queens Voice

May 18, 2023

QUEENS - Cops are looking for a pair of muggers who have assaulted riders and stole their scooters in Queens. 

At around 8 pm on April 25, a 40-year-old man was riding a motorized scooter. Two men ran up alongside him and shoved him off the scooter. As the man lay in the street, the attackers hopped on the scooter and headed westbound on Roosevelt Avenue. 

Two hours later the pair struck again. At around 10 pm, a 28-year-old man was riding his motorized scooter in the vicinity of 3510 College Point Boulevard. 

The muggers rode up alongside him on another scooter. The man on the back of the scooter shoved the victim off his scooter. As the victim fell to the floor and lay in the street, one of the muggers picked up the victim’s scooter and the pair drove off southbound on College Point Boulevard. 

Police released surveillance video of suspects in the attacks. 

One of the suspects wore a face mask that looked like a skeleton. He was last seen wearing a black hoodie with the words “Nike” in white on the chest and “Air Jordan” on the sleeve. He wore gray pants with patches. 

The second suspect wore a black hoodie, jeans and white Nike sneakers.  

Anyone with information in regard to this incident is asked to call the NYPD's Crime Stoppers Hotline at 1-800-577-TIPS (8477) or for Spanish, 1-888-57-PISTA (74782). The public can also submit their tips by logging onto the CrimeStoppers website at https://crimestoppers.nypdonline.org/ or on Twitter @NYPDTips. 

All calls are strictly confidential.

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