Police ID Subway Bandit In Oz.Pk.
Police have identified the suspect behind one of a series of recent armed stickups of passengers on board A trains traveling through Ozone Park and East New York.
Law enforcement sources said that Christopher Jacobs, 22, remains at large and is wanted for allegedly holding up a 27-year-old woman at gunpoint on a Manhattan-bound A train near the 88th Street station in Ozone Park at 10:27 a.m. on the morning of Aug. 15.
The perpetrator, whose image was captured by a security camera, stands at 6′-tall and was last observed wearing a Chicago White Sox baseball cap and a black t-shirt.
According to police, Jacobs allegedly approached the victim, displayed a gun and demanded her belongings. After removing her property, it was reported, the suspect departed the station at the 88th Street stop, located in the vicinity of Liberty Avenue and 88th Street, and fled in an unknown direction.
The incident was reported to the NYPD Transit Bureau. The victim was not injured.
Meanwhile, police are continuing to look for the suspect behind two similar armed heists on the A train in recent weeks, including the robbery of a 21-year-old man on a Queensbound A train near the 80th Street station in Ozone Park at 7:25 a.m. on Aug. 1 and the holdup of a 19-yearold woman on a Queens-bound A train approaching the Shepherd Avenue station in East New York at 8:17 a.m. on the morning of Aug. 19.
In both capers, police said, the perpetrator displayed a firearm, de- manded property from the victims and removed items before departing at the aforementioned stations.
The investigation is ongoing, police said.
Anyone with information regarding Jacobs’ whereabouts or the other robberies which could prove helpful is asked to contact Crime Stoppers by phone at 1-800-577-TIPS, by text message to 274637 (enter information, then the code TIP577) or online at www.nypdcrimestoppers.com.
All calls and messages will be kept confidential.
