[BwayDems] Armed mugger targeting people at home between 85th Street and 109th Street

[Paula Diamond Roman]

I don't usually use the listserve for this sort of thing but . . . .

Armed Mugger Targeting Upper West Siders at Their Homes Updated April 10, 2013 7:42am
April 9, 2013 4:15pm | 
NEW YORK CITY — Ten Upper
West Side residents have fallen victim to a brazen mugger, who followed them into their buildings and held them up with a 
knife or gun, police said.
The victims of the spree, which began in January, were generally young men or women living between 85th Street and 109th Street.
In most cases, the robber set on the victims in the evening or early 
morning hours and took cash, cellphones, jewelry and even a man's boots 
in one instance, as the targets
stood in their lobbies or elevators.
According to cops, the mugger first struck on Jan. 21 at 788 Columbus Ave., near 
West 97th Street, taking the 24-year-old man's boots and cash. It's not 
clear if the victim
was wearing the boots at the time.
He allegedly robbed three more people that month, including an 18-year-old boy whose cellphone was taken on Jan. 29 at West 78th Street and West 
End Avenue.
In the following weeks, police say he ripped off
-a 22- and 26-year-old women inside 330 W. 85th St., near West End Avenue, taking cellphones and cash on Feb. 5.
-a 25-year-old woman at 698 Amsterdam Ave., near West 94th Street, on Feb. 8, but he fled the scene with nothing
-a 32-year-old woman at 72 W. 88th St., near Columbus Avenue, taking jewelry on March 12.
The suspect struck most recently on March 24, when he held up a 24-year-old man at knifepoint inside 244 W. 109th St., near Broadway and took his 
cellphone, police said.
None of the victims were injured, police said.
Police say the suspect is 5-foot-6 to 5-foot-11, 130 to 170 pounds.


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