Police released on Monday night images of a man connected to a recent armed robbery of two women on a Flushing street who later used one of the victim’s credit cards to go shopping on Long Island.
According to authorities, the holdup took place at 12:33 a.m. on the morning of June 5 in the vicinity of Colden Street and Franklin Avenue, where the two female victims — ages 45 and 46 — were approached by two male suspects wearing dark hooded sweatshirts.
Law enforcement sources said the crooks pushed the women to the ground; one of them then displayed a firearm. The suspects then removed the victims’ purses — which contained a cell phone, jewelry, bank cards and $850 in cash — and then fled the scene in a minivan that was last seen heading southbound on Colden Street.
The incident was reported to the 109th Precinct; both women were not seriously injured.
Police later determined that a man used one of the stolen bank cards at 8 a.m. on June 5 to make a $50 purchase from the USA Food Mart on West Centennial Avenue in Roosevelt, NY. The NYPD obtained security camera footage of the suspect, who is described as a black man who was last seen wearing a green shirt, beige pants, a large necklace and eyeglasses.
Anyone with information regarding the robbery or the suspects’ whereabouts is urged to call Crime Stoppers at 800-577-TIPS, visit their website or send a text message to 274637 (CRIMES), then enter TIP577. All calls and messages are kept confidential.
