Moped Riding Muggers Stickup Basketball Court

Gunmen Stick Up Ball Player

The NYPD is searching for a pair of thieves who robbed a Queens man at gunpoint on a basketball court. -Photo by NYPD

By Dan Gesslein 

Queens Voice

October 3, 2024

QUEENS - Cops are looking for a pair of moped riding thieves who stuck up a Queens man at gunpoint on the basketball court.

At around noon on September 25, a 25-year-old male was playing on the basketball court at London Planetree Playground on Atlantic in Woodhaven.

Cops said the moped rode up on the basketball court and the passenger pulled a gun on the ball player. The robber then ripped two chains off the victim’s neck and had him hand over $100 in cash.

The pair of robbers then rode off northbound on 89 Street.

The NYPD released surveillance video of the suspects who were seen riding a blue moped. 

The suspects are two males with medium complexions and thin builds. Both wore paper face masks and hoodies. One wore a gray hoodie and the other wore a red hoodie.

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.