QUEENS, N.Y. – Police are searching for two individuals connected to a string of armed robberies targeting teenage boys and young men across Corona and Elmhurst in mid-December, where victims were surrounded by a group, threatened with knives, and robbed of high-end clothing and sneakers.
According to the NYPD, the first incident occurred on the afternoon of December 12, when a 14-year-old boy near 42-01 99th Street was cornered by a group of suspects. The attackers displayed a knife and forced the teen to hand over his The North Face jacket and other belongings before fleeing. Roughly 90 minutes later, a 13-year-old was similarly robbed near 99-31 Corona Avenue of his backpack and personal items.
Three days later, on December 15, the same group is believed to have struck again. Around 2:35 p.m., a 16-year-old was surrounded near 93-35 Lamont Avenue and forced to surrender his Jordan sneakers. Less than an hour later, a 19-year-old man on Elbertson Street was robbed of a $330 North Face jacket at knifepoint. At 3:45 p.m., a 21-year-old near 46-01 102nd Street was punched multiple times before his $1,200 Balenciaga sneakers were taken.
The most recent known attack happened on December 19 around 7:25 p.m., when a 14-year-old near 96-23 42nd Avenue was robbed of his jacket and sneakers. No serious injuries were reported in any of the incidents, though police described the pattern as increasingly aggressive…