Authorities in a Westchester County city are searching for suspects involved in two robberies that happened on the same evening at a residence and storefront.
The incidents both happened in New Rochelle on Saturday evening, Oct. 5, the city’s police department announced on Monday, Oct. 7.
The first of the robberies happened around 9:30 p.m., when an Edgewood Park resident was assaulted and robbed while working on his car in his Lockwood Avenue driveway.
According to police, the suspect, an unknown man wearing a black hoodie, approached the victim from behind, hit him, and stole several personal items including a gold chain, a brand-new phone, and credit cards.
The suspect is then believed to have run toward Feeney Park. The victim could not give any more identifying information to police, though.
Although authorities searched the area, no suspects were found and the stolen phone does not have any tracking information available, police said.
The second robbery happened later that evening at around 9:50 p.m., when a Hispanic man dressed in a white sweatshirt entered a smoke shop at 235 Union Ave. demanding cash.