Police in the Bronx and Manhattan are searching for a suspect allegedly connected to at least 17 robberies, most of them armed, across the two boroughs.
The NYPD said the suspect, sometimes working with an accomplice, has approached victims on scooters or mopeds, brandishing a firearm and demanding jewelry, cash, or bikes.
The robberies have occurred since mid-September in broad daylight across multiple precincts, from the South Bronx to the Upper East Side, Midtown, and Lower Manhattan.
The spree began on September 14, when two men on a two-wheeled vehicle approached a 31-year-old man at Clay Avenue and East 167th Street in the Bronx, displayed a gun, and made off with the victim’s two-wheeled vehicle.
In the weeks that followed, police said the same pattern repeated: thieves speeding

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