NEW YORK (PIX11) – Police busted an alleged citywide robbery pattern Monday involving migrants who recently arrived in New York City, according to the NYPD.
PIX11 News was there during a pre-dawn raid in the Bronx. Police executed a search warrant for a group that’s been wreaking havoc on several neighborhoods, according to authorities.
The suspects are believed to be part of an organized criminal enterprise and investigators have connected them to at least 60 incidents, police said. The group allegedly used stolen mopeds to target victims and snatch purses and cellphones among other items, according to the NYPD.
Four people were arrested in the raid, including a man who allegedly acted as the group’s IT technician to crack stolen devices.
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Police are also looking into whether the men seen on surveillance video attacking two NYPD officers in Times Square are also part of the same pattern.
Chief of Detectives Joseph Kenny said it took several months for investigators to connect the dots and link the suspects to the robbery pattern. Police said they have surveillance video of some of the incidents.