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Police Looking for 5 Men Believed Responsible for Deliveryman Mugging

By Katie Honan | November 21, 2014 5:01pm
 The 24-year-old victim was approached while riding his bike on 100th Street in Corona. 
The 24-year-old victim was approached while riding his bike on 100th Street in Corona. 
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CORONA — Investigators are looking for at least five men still at large after they mugged a deliveryman on Halloween night, taking off with his cash and his bicycle.

The 24-year-old victim told police he was riding his bike after making deliveries on Nov. 1 when eight people approached him on 100th Street near Northern Boulevard at 1:10 a.m., according to the NYPD.

One of the men put a gun to the victim’s head and another threw him to the ground — and all eight kicked him and punched him while he was down, leaving him with bruises, police said. He didn't go to the hospital for his injuries. 

While he was still on the street, the men rifled through his pockets, taking approximately $300 in cash and his cellphone, according to police. They also made off with his bike.

Two men, Sheldon Minto, 24, and Andrew Markewich, 24, were arrested minutes after the attack, but the others fled, police said. Another man was arrested but not charged, according to court records.

At least five of the other men are still at large.

Both Minto and Markewich were charged with multiple counts of robbery, and are due in court Dec. 2.

Calls to both of their lawyers were not immediately returned.