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Muggers Beat and Rob 19 People During 6-Week Queens Spree, NYPD Says

By Katie Honan | February 8, 2017 1:42pm
 One of the suspects was captured on surveillance video near where one of the robberies occurred.
One of the suspects was captured on surveillance video near where one of the robberies occurred.
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QUEENS — Police are looking for a group of men who've been on a violent robbery spree targeting 19 men in Elmhurst and Corona, in many cases punching victims in the head and grabbing their valuables while they're on the ground.

In each robbery, two to three men attacked their victims before fleeing, police said.

In the first incident, on Dec. 28, a 28-year-old man was punched and robbed at the corner of Junction Boulevard and 40th Road, police said.

Two days later, a 46-year-old man was robbed at the corner of 108th Street and 39th Avenue.

In total, there were 19 attacks between December 2016 and Feb. 6, 2017, police said.

All of the suspects were described as in their 20s and 30s. Surveillance video captured one of the suspects inside a store near where one of the muggings occurred. 

The other attacks were:

► On Sunday, Jan. 1, at 6 a.m., a 29-year-old man was robbed at 108th Street and 39th Avenue.

► On Friday, Jan. 6, at 11:30 p.m., a 26-year-old an was robbed at 104th Street and 42nd Avenue.

► On Monday, Jan. 9, at 3:30 a.m., a 39-year-old man was robbed at 38th Avenue and 111th Street.

► A half-hour later, a 40-year-old man was robbed in front of 100-03 39th Ave.

►On Friday, Jan. 13, at 4:25 a.m., a 46-year-old man was robbed in front of 104-76 43rd Ave.

► On Friday, Jan. 13, at 8:50 p.m., a 24-year-old man was robbed at 41st Avenue and National Street

► On Saturday, Jan. 14, at 5:20 a.m., a 44-year-old man was robbed at 45th Avenue and 104th Street.

► On Friday, Jan. 20, a 2:25 a.m., a 22-year-old man was robbed at 37th Avenue and 112th Street. 

► On Sunday, Jan. 22, at 2:30 a.m., a 29-year-old man was robbed somewhere on 34th Avenue, within the 115th Precinct. 

► Later that day, at 5:15 a.m., a 28-year-old man was robbed in front of 100-02 Roosevelt Ave.

► On Monday, Jan. 23, at 2:35 a.m., a 46-year-old man was robbed at 43rd Avenue and 108th Street. 

► On Thursday, Jan. 26, at 2:30 a.m., a 29-year-old man was robbed near 37th Avenue, within the 115th Precinct. 

► Minutes later, a 35-year-old man was robbed in front of 37-42 102nd St.

► At 4:20 a.m. that same day, a 38-year-old man was robbed, again on 37th Avenue.

► On Saturday, Jan. 28, at 3 a.m., a 29-year-old man was robbed at the corner of 102nd Street and 37th Avenue.

► On Sunday, Feb. 5, at 10:10 p.m., a 27-year-old man was robbed at the corner of Elmhurst Avenue and Ithaca Street.

► And on Monday, Feb. 6, a 1:45 a.m., a 51-year-old man was robbed at the intersection of Cornish Avenue and Broadway. 

If you have information about any of these incidents, please call the NYPD's Crime Stoppers Hotline at 800-577-TIPS or for Spanish 1-888-57-PISTA (74782).