Shocking video shows a robbery occurring in broad daylight in an upscale New York City neighborhood. Onlookers stood nearby and did nothing to help the female victim as the doorman saw the commotion and went outside to chase the robbers away.
The two robbers slammed her against the side of a building, harassed her until the doorman came outside, and ransacked her belongings.
As the woman gasped for breath and tried to follow them, they tore her purse from her shoulder, grabbed her cellphone and ran off laughing.
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Surveillance video shows two suspects, a man and a woman, accost the woman at the intersection of Madison Avenue and East 75th Street on the Upper East Side, moments before a doorman comes out and intervenes. It’s reflected. The thieves stole the victim’s cell phone and fled.
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She gave up and gestured to a group of adults who were standing there, letting the suspects run right past them without any help.
Another video provided by the NYPD clearly shows the suspect’s face as he sprints around a corner.
The city’s crime statistics show a slight decrease in most forms of crime this year.
The male suspect was seen running with what appeared to be the victim’s cell phone in his hand. (New York City Police Department)
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“That’s a bull –” a nearby building manager told FOX News Digital. He said the area has seen an increasing number of robberies, burglaries and other crimes over the past three to four years due to riots and anti-police sentiment across the country.
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One exception in official statistics is robbery, which continues to increase by 9% year-to-date, after increasing significantly in 2023.
The incident occurred on Madison Avenue on the Upper East Side, an area lined with high-end shoe and clothing stores.
The Christian Louboutin store around the corner was broken into with an ax two years ago, and more recently workers force-washing the sidewalk had to dodge knife swings from a shirtless man. .
A female suspect ran away from a robbery in New York City’s Upper East Side and jumped under scaffolding in broad daylight Sunday. (New York City Police Department)
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The man who pulled off the robbery was not at the scene when Fox News Digital visited on Wednesday, but spoke to locals. ABC7 He said he heard a “thud” on the glass and saw a woman say the words “help me” through the window.
The male suspect said the woman stole his cell phone, which caused him to stop for a moment.
“It was just a little distraction for them,” he said. The suspects then fled, laughing and taking the woman’s cell phone.
Wealthy shoppers stopped wearing jewelry and stopped wearing watches.
Doormen at surrounding buildings said they had witnessed numerous robberies and scooter robberies.
The New York Police Department says a spike in crimes in which thieves on scooters snatch wallets and cellphones from women as they walk correlates with the large influx of immigrants.
“It happens all the time,” one store manager, who requested anonymity, told Fox News Digital. “Wealthy shoppers stopped wearing jewelry and stopped wearing watches.”
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Scooter robberies can be violent. In December, surveillance footage showed a woman being dragged onto the sidewalk by a robber holding her wallet, before she fell and ran across the sidewalk into a metal pole. They took her belongings and ran off, leaving her injured.
Earlier this week, police announced arrests for 62 similar crimes related to a Venezuelan robbery ring.
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“Maybe you could ask the mayor what’s going on,” she said, criticizing New York City’s recent bail reform law, which routinely sends criminals back on the streets within hours of arrest. did.
“If you had told me five years ago to be careful of Madison Avenue, I would have said you were crazy,” she said.
