Mercedes Driving Muggers Rob Luxury Items

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Cops Quest for Burglars Focusing on High End Victims 

After making one arrest, police are searching for at least two other muggers who robbed people in three attacks. Cops said during the last robbery, the suspects drove off in a gray Mercedes. -Photo by NYPD


By Dan Gesslein 

Queens Voice 

October 25, 2023


QUEENS - A threesome of muggers who targeted wealthy victims were so high end that they drove a Mercedes as a getaway car, cops said.


The NYPD reported the capture of one suspect in the trio of muggings that got more than $100,000 worth of stolen items.



Police captured 20-year-old Jianwei Chen who was accused of burglary. Specialists are requesting the public's assistance in getting the two different suspects who struck multiple times in as numerous months.


At around 12:15 am on August 28, a 23-year-elderly person was strolling in front of a house on South Drive in Malba, Sovereigns. Out of nowhere three men approached the victim with one of the masked men holding a firearm. The veiled men then continued to punch the victim over and again. Cops said the assailants ripped the man's watch off his wrist and took a few different items off the person in question.


The assailants then, at that point, climbed into a four-door Honda sedan.


The victim was shipped by EMS to New York-Presbyterian Sovereigns Emergency clinic where he was recorded in stable condition.



Cops said the watch and things taken are estimated at around $37,000.


The threesome struck again in Malba a month after the fact. At around 12:45 am on September 22, a 22-year-old was strolling on Center Drive when the triplets drew nearer and requested his property. The team then, at that point, started to smack the casualty upside the head and all through his body more than once.


The muggers attempted to pull the watch off the person in question however couldn't. The attacker took the victim’s cell and different things. They then escaped in a white Hyundai Sonata.


The victim declined medical treatment at the scene.


Cops said the worth of the things taken is around $3,900.



The last assault happened last week in South Jamaica. At around 9:43 am, a 30-year-old man was in strolling on 148th Road when the triplets jumped him. Cops said the group smacked the victim upside the head and all throughout his body. They pulled the watch off the person in question and took other property.


The attackers then climbed into a gray Mercedes vehicle and drove off. The victim experienced minor wounds yet declined clinical consideration.


Cops said the things the muggers took were estimated at around $63,000.


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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