Police: Bike-riding bandits rob man on Roosevelt street
Two men on bicycles attacked a man and robbed him of his cellphone as he walked along a street Wednesday night in Roosevelt, police said.
The robbery took place on Woods Avenue at 9:20 p.m.
The victim, identified only as a 50-year-old man, was not seriously injured, police said.
Nassau County police said that the two suspects, both described as being about 6-foot and 200 pounds, stopped the man and talked to him briefly before one pushed the victim to the ground, stepped on his arm -- and took his phone.
The two then fled on their bikes east on Woods.
Police said the two wore all black clothing and hooded sweatshirts. One also wore a black mask, police said.
Police are asking anyone with information to call Crime Stoppers at 800-244-TIPS. All calls will remain confidential.
John Valenti, a reporter at Newsday since 1981, has been honored nationally by the Associated Press and Society of the Silurians for investigative, enterprise and breaking news reporting, as well as column writing, and is the author of “Swee'pea,” a book about former New York playground basketball star Lloyd Daniels. Valenti is featured in the Emmy Award-winning ESPN 30-for-30 film “Big Shot.”
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