Armed crooks rob 13 victims in three NYC boroughs in crazed two-hour blitz: ‘In 24 hours I’ll be out on bail’

A pair of gun-toting bandits robbed 13 individuals in three boroughs throughout a wild two-hour crime spree early Tuesday — solely to crash their minivan as they have been about to raid a fourth borough, police stated.

One of many suspects boasted he’d be again on the streets very quickly when he was arrested on the crash scene Tuesday morning.

“In 24 hours I’ll be out on bail,” he vowed was put right into a police cruiser in handcuffs, in response to Fox 5 Information.

His confederate, believed to be 24, ran off and remains to be being sought.

A gun, which was brandished throughout the robberies, was recovered by cops from the minivan’s glovebox.

New York’’s bail legal guidelines have been extremely controversial because the Democratic-led Legislature permitted an overhaul in 2019 that restricted pretrial detention for many nonviolent crimes and ordered judges to solely impose the “least restrictive” technique of guaranteeing defendants return for courtroom.

The theft spree started in Queens simply earlier than 1 a.m. when the robbers rolled up of their white Toyota minivan and robbed two ladies on Alstyne Ave. close to 104th St. in Corona, getting away with two cellphones and a necklace, cops stated.

A short while later the duo surfaced on the Woodside Motel on Queens Blvd. close to sixty fifth St., the place they robbed two individuals of their money and cellphone, cops stated.

The crooks then drove to Brooklyn, the place they held up a person on N. eleventh St. and Wythe Ave. in Greenpoint at 1:45 a.m. earlier than going again to Queens, the place they held up six individuals at an outside eating shed close to 72nd St. and Broadway in Jackson Heights about 20 minutes later, cops stated.

Their final two heists have been in Manhattan, the place they robbed a employee in a meals truck exterior of Washington Sq. Park at 2:40 a.m., then snatched a bag with private property off a girl on Seaman Ave. and W. 204th St. in Inwood at 3:10 a.m., cops stated.

Not one of the theft victims have been damage.

Police rapidly launched a manhunt and about 4 a.m. cops in an NYPD helicopter noticed the minivan within the Bronx, the place it had crashed close to Cedar Ave. and W. 179th St. in College Heights.

Investigators imagine the duo have been robbing anybody they might discover on the road for fast money and valuables and have been planning to proceed their spree within the Bronx once they crashed.

Prices towards the 34-year-old suspect taken into custody have been pending.

Gov. Hochul has stated she desires to tweak the bail reform legal guidelines to provide decide’s extra leeway to impose bail.

“What we’re speaking about now, which is a considerate widespread sense method, is that in severe crimes … the decide ought to have extra discretion and be capable of take into account extra components,” she stated on Jan. 24.