The NYPD is asking for the public's help identifying suspects wanted in connection with a robbery pattern that stretches across four precincts in Brooklyn and Queens, according to an alert posted Wednesday night. The bulletin names the 94th and 71st Precincts in Brooklyn alongside the 112th and 108th Precincts in Queens as the commands tied to the pattern, with photos of the wanted individuals attached to the department's post.
The alert, shared by NYPD Crime Stoppers
on X under the handle @NYPDTips, did not specify the number of incidents, what was stolen, or when the robberies occurred. The department is offering rewards of up to $3,500 for information leading to an arrest, and says all calls to its confidential tip lines — 1-800-577-TIPS (8477) and, for Spanish-language tips, 1-888-57-PISTA (74782) — remain strictly confidential. Tips can also be submitted online at crimestoppers.nypdonline.org or through the @NYPDTips account on X.
What stands out about this particular pattern is geography. The four precincts involved are not clustered in one neighborhood or even one borough — they span Greenpoint, Crown Heights, Forest Hills, and Long Island City, according to NYC.gov precinct boundary data. Those are distinct commercial and residential corridors separated by significant distances, and while the bulletin doesn't say how the suspects moved between them, the spread across two boroughs suggests a coordinated or highly mobile operation.
How NYPD Links Robberies Across Boroughs
Connecting robbery complaints filed in neighborhoods as far apart as Forest Hills and Greenpoint isn't something detectives do by memory alone. The NYPD relies on machine-learning software called Patternizr, built into its Domain Awareness System, which compares details from new complaints against a database of hundreds of thousands of historical crime records, according to DSIAC. The tool helps investigators flag likely links in modus operandi, timing, and suspect descriptions even when the incidents happened in precincts with no shared border.
Under New York Penal Law Article 160, robbery charges range from Third-Degree Robbery, a Class D felony, up to First-Degree Robbery, a Class B felony, when a victim suffers serious physical injury or when specified weapon-related conditions are met, per the New York State Senate. Separately, if more than one person took part in forcibly stealing property, that alone is enough to elevate the charge to Second-Degree Robbery, a Class C violent felony carrying mandatory state prison time upon conviction, according to state law.
Reward Program Backed by Private Donations
The $3,500 reward offer comes through NYPD Crime Stoppers, a program established in 1983 as a public-private partnership between the department and the nonprofit New York City Police Foundation. The foundation notes that cash rewards are funded through private donations rather than the police department's municipal budget. Since the program launched, it has approved more than $3.4 million in rewards for anonymous tipsters and has helped solve more than 5,600 violent crimes citywide, including roughly 1,600 murders and attempted murders, the foundation says.
Crime Stoppers detectives field an average of about 22,000 hotline calls each year, and callers' phone numbers, IP addresses, and other identifying details are strictly unrecorded to preserve anonymity, per NYC.gov. That privacy structure is designed to encourage witnesses or people with knowledge of a crime to come forward without fear of being identified.
Part of a Broader Pattern of Multi-Precinct Robberies
This is the second multi-precinct robbery alert NYPD has issued in as many days. On Tuesday, Hoodline reported on a search for one suspect wanted in a robbery pattern spanning seven precincts, including Brooklyn's 94th Precinct alongside six Manhattan commands — meaning the 94th Precinct now appears in two separate active robbery investigations within a two-day span. Other recent cases include an armed duo accused of sideswiping drivers and stealing $150,000 in cars and watches across Queens precincts including the 108th, two e-bike suspects linked to a Bronx jewelry robbery spree, and an armed pair tied to three robberies and an attempted fourth in Mount Eden.
No arrests have been announced in connection with the four-precinct pattern, and anyone with information is urged to contact NYPD Crime Stoppers through the tip lines or online portal listed above.
