QUEENS — Police are looking for a man and woman they said robbed a 64-year-old cab driver at gunpoint in Jamaica earlier this month, authorities said.
The woman posed as a customer while hailing a cab on Saturday, April 1, around 7 a.m. at Fourth Avenue and Pacific Street in Brooklyn, according to the NYPD.
The driver took her to 148-19 90th Ave. in downtown Jamaica, where she called her friend, who she said was going to come downstairs to pay the fare, officials said.
Instead, the man demanded the cabbie's property and threatening him with a gun, police said.
The victim handed over his cellphone and approximately $130 in cash, authorities said.
The man then ran back inside the house while the woman fled westbound on 90th Avenue, officials said.
On Thursday, the NYPD released surveillance images of both suspects.
The woman was described as 17 to 25 years old, standing 5-foot-1 to 5-foot-4, and weighing 120 to 150 pounds. She was last seen wearing a white coat with a fur lined hood.
Police described the man as 25 to 32 years old, standing 5-foot-6 to 5-foot-9, and weighing 160 to 180 pounds. He was last seen wearing a blue and white jacket with "00" on its back, a blue hooded sweater, white sneakers and dark colored pants.
Anyone with information is asked to call the NYPD's Crime Stoppers Hotline at 1-800-577-TIPS (8477).
