A 16-year-old boy was attacked and robbed in North Riverdale at 7:20 p.m. on Sunday, according to police. The victim was walking in front of 5550 Riverdale Ave. when two assailants approached him from behind and tackled him. The victim said both perpetrators had knives pointed at him and took his phone before fleeing the scene. The first suspect was described as a 15-year-old black male, and the second as a Hispanic male with no age description but about 5 feet 9 inches tall. Police say there were no cameras in the area, but that the case is still open to investigation.
A deliveryman was attacked while working on Saturday at 9:25 p.m, according to police. The man, 40, was walking at the corner of West 197th Street and Sedgwick Avenue when two suspects, described as 14 and 15 years old, attacked the victim and hit him over the head with a stick. Police arrested the two suspects and they have been charged with felony assault in the second degree.
A blue 2013 Subaru Outback was stolen on Mar. 15, sometime between 12:45 p.m. and 6:15 p.m, police said. The victim, 46, told police that he parked his car opposite of 3811 Cannon Place and when he returned it was gone. The car is valued at $15,000. A canvas of the area produced no results and this grand larceny auto case is closed to detectives.
Police said they observed a driver in a 2015 Lexus SUV speeding and swerving between lanes near West 233rd Street and the Major Deegan Expressway around midnight on Monday. When officers pulled over the driver, a 47-year-old man, they reported smelling a strong odor of alcohol on his breath and that suspect was displaying combative behavior. When submitted to a Breathalyzer test, the man scored 0.0914, above the legal limit. This driving while intoxicated case is closed due to arrest.
92 Van Cortlandt Park W.
Police said sometime between 4:30 p.m. on March 14 and 5 p.m. the next day, an unknown perpetrator broke into a 2014 Porsche Cayenne in front of 92 Van Cortlandt Park W. The victim, a 30-year-old woman, said when she returned to her car she found a total of $1,837 of her belongings had been stolen. Cameras were present at the scene and police said they did not observe any visible signs of damage or forced entry to the car. This grand larceny auto case is open to the detective squad.