Crime & Safety
Woman Robbed At Gunpoint In Hudson River Park, Police Say
The woman was surrounded by a group of men riding bicycles, cops said.
NEW YORK (CBSNewYork) – A group of men on bicycles surrounded a woman and stole her purse at gunpoint in Hudson River Park, police say.
The robbery happened around 6 p.m. Friday on Pier 84 near 12th Avenue.
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Police said the suspects approached the 41-year-old victim and one man displayed a gun and demanded her money.
The woman handed over her purse containing $60, credit cards and a cellphone.
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Police said her credit cards were later used to buy more than $640 worth of merchandise from three CVS pharmacies and a smoke shop.
Anyone with information about the robbery is asked to call the NYPD’s Crime Stoppers hotline at 1-800-577-TIPS (8477).