Online Date Turns into New Haven Robbery

NEW HAVEN, CT — A Bridgeport man was robbed and roughed up after his online date turned out to be two male robbers.

The 19-year-old traveled to Elizabeth Street to meet a woman he met on the Kik app. He'd never met her in person and only knew her as "Sunshine," said Officer David Hartman, police spokesman.

The two robbers had handguns and forced him into the back of a Ford Explorer before heading to Hamden. The robbers picked up an acquaintance who was also armed.

An iPhone 7 and $100 was taken from the victim, who was left in Hamden. A good Samaritan drove the man back to New Haven and contacted police.

He provided the following description of his assailants:

One is an Hispanic or a light-complexioned black man. He stands about 5’07” and is thin. He had a goatee and his hair in a pony-tail. He wore a black and white bandanna and a black hooded sweatshirt. The second man stands about 5’07” and is thin. He wore a black hooded sweatshirt and a tan ski mask covering only the lower part of his face. The third stood 5’07”, had a medium build and wore a black ski mask covering only the lower part of his face.

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