Wild video shows suspect rob man in wheelchair in brazen NYC bus attack - New York Post

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NYPD video released Sunday shows a crook roughing up a antheral successful a wheelchair and stealing from him connected a Staten Island autobus earlier this month, constabulary said.

The brazen robbery happened astir 9 p.m. connected Aug. 13 connected the S40 MTA bus, cops said. 

The thief stood up straight down the 64-year-old antheral victim, who was successful a wheelchair, and removed $250 currency from his garment pouch arsenic the autobus stopped astatine Clinton Avenue and Richmond Terrace, cops said. 

Bus robbery.The thief stood up straight down the 64-year-old antheral unfortunate and removed $250 currency from his garment pocket.DCPI
Bus robbery.The antheral successful the wheelchair got up concisely arsenic if to travel the crook, but past sat backmost down.DCPI
Suspect.The fishy was past seen wearing a achromatic “TLC” t-shirt.DCPI

The antheral successful the wheelchair got up concisely arsenic if to travel the crook, but past sat backmost down. The thief got disconnected the autobus and fled successful an chartless direction. The unfortunate was not injured.

The crook is described arsenic a antheral successful his 20s, who’s 5’7″ and 160 pounds, cops said. He was past seen wearing a achromatic “TLC” t-shirt, achromatic Nike hoops shorts, achromatic socks and achromatic sandals.

Police besides released surveillance video of the crook from a store astatine 1 Richmond Terrace.

Anyone with accusation successful respect to this incidental is asked to telephone the NYPD’s Crime Stoppers Hotline astatine 1-800-577-TIPS (8477) oregon for Spanish, 1-888-57-PISTA (74782). The nationalist tin besides taxable their tips by logging onto the Crime Stoppers website astatine https://crimestoppers.nypdonline.org/, connected Twitter @NYPDTips.

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