A team of New York City robbers stole $300,000 from a Brink armored car in a scheme in which they distracted the driver by asking for directions, police said.
The driver was making a money drop at a Chase Bank in Brooklyn’s Sunset Park neighborhood around 1 p.m. Friday when two people asked him for directions, according to the New York Police Department.
“While the employee was distracted, another unknown individual quickly removed a bag that was left unattended on the bumper of Brink’s armored van and fled the scene on foot,” the NYPD told Fox News Digital on Sunday.
After the unattended bag was stolen, the two people who distracted the driver also fled.
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Profile photo of a Brink armored truck parked in front of Lunardi’s Markets, at the Palos Verdes Mall in Walnut Creek, California, on March 15, 2021.
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“They just distracted him while they were talking to him,” a police spokesperson told the New York Post, adding that there are no signs it was an inside job. “It was a crime of opportunity. Someone saw an opportunity.”
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A Chase Bank location in Sunset Park, Brooklyn.
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Police describe the suspect who stole the bumper bag as a “man with a light complexion and slight build, last seen wearing a black winter hat, black hooded jacket, gray pants and black sneakers.”
An NYPD logo on a police patrol car.
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The two suspects who distracted the driver are described as “medium complexion” men, with one of the suspects wearing all black during the incident, including a black face mask.
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Police ask members of the public with information about the case to call the NYPD Crime Stoppers Hotline at 1-800-577-TIPS (8477) or, for Spanish, 1-888-57-PISTA ( 74782).
