Cops Search For Trio Behind 2 UWS Muggings: NYPD

UPPER WEST SIDE, MANHATTAN — Cops are searching for three suspects who are connected to two muggings on the Upper West Side earlier this month.

The three suspects, who police say are boys in their early 20s or teens, are wanted for questioning about two robberies near Riverside Park on June 1, police said.

In the first, a group of three came up to a 57-year-old man who was waiting for a bus around 1:45 a.m. near Broadway and West 86th Street. They took the man's cell phone, valued at $700, and ran away, police said.

Just 15 minutes later, the same group went up to a 34-year-old man who was walking near West 87th Street and Riverside Park, this time pulling out box cutters as they demanded his property, police said. The three ran off with the man's cash, cell phone and wallet, valued at about $1,100, police said.

Anyone with information in regard to this incident is asked to call the NYPD's Crime Stoppers Hotline at 1-800-577-TIPS (8477) or for Spanish, 1-888-57-PISTA (74782). The public can also submit their tips by logging onto the CrimeStoppers website at WWW.NYPDCRIMESTOPPERS.COM, or on Twitter @ NYPDTips. All calls are strictly confidential.