A 35-year-old woman had parked her 2018 Porsche sedan at 67th Avenue and 228th Street in Oakland Gardens just after 7 p.m. Friday when an unidentified vehicle rolled up to her, cops said.
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Armed carjackers flash guns, steal Porsche, BMWs, other loot as they terrorize at least 5 people in NYC: cops
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Published Dec. 21, 2023, 5:48 p.m. ET
A pair of high-end armed robbers made off with a Porsche, two BMWs, and assorted loot — including a watch, sunglasses, and $1,800 in cash — during a recent series of heists in Queens, police said.
The luxury carjackers terrorized at least five people during a stick-up spree over the last week, and remained on the loose Thursday, the NYPD said as it released a surveillance image showing one of the suspects wearing a dark ski mask and black jacket.
The first gunpoint robbery took place last Friday at around 7 p.m. when a 35-year-old woman parked her 2018 Porsche sedan at 67th Avenue and 228th Street in Oakland Gardens.
An unidentified vehicle rolled up to her and a passenger hopped out, flashed a gun, and forced her to cough up her cell phone and her car, police said.
He got behind the wheel of her Porsche and took off, while his accomplice remained in the other car and drove away as well, cops said.
The woman was not physically hurt.
About two hours later, the duo targeted a 46-year-old man who had just parked his black 2022 Mercedes Benz sedan on Farrington Street near 31st Road in Flushing, police said.
The pair pulled up to the victim just before 9 p.m. in the Porsche that was stolen earlier, and one of them got out with a gun in tow, cops said.
A pair of high-end armed robbers made off with a Porsche, two BMWs, and assorted loot — including a watch, sunglasses, and $1,800 in cash.
The gunman struck the victim in the head before hopping in the driver’s seat of the Mercedes, while his partner-in-crime took off in the Porsche — both heading east on the Whitestone Expressway, authorities said.
The victim was taken to New York-Presbyterian Queens Hospital, where he was listed in stable condition.
The thieves struck again around 11 p.m. Sunday, approaching a 41-year-old man who was sitting inside a 2022 BMW SUV at Pople Avenue and College Point Boulevard in Flushing, cops said.
Both suspects got inside the car, flashed a gun, and grabbed the victim’s watch, as well as $1,800.
The pair then drove off in the same stolen Porsche sedan, heading north on College Point Boulevard, police said.
No injuries were reported.
Then on Monday at around 3 a.m., the armed robbers jumped inside a 25-year-old man’s parked black BMW SUV on Prince Street near 35th Avenue in Flushing, cops said.
They hit the man in the head and snatched his cell phone, jacket, and sunglasses.
One of them stole his BMW, while the other drove off in the Porsche, cops said.
The victim was treated at the scene for minor injuries.
Just about an hour later, the crooks were in a black BMW sedan when they crashed into another BMW sedan, driven by a 45-year-old man, at 41st Avenue and Haight Street in Flushing, police said.
They flashed a gun and ripped off the victim’s sunglasses and $1,000 before driving away west on 41st Avenue, cops said.
In this case, they did not steal the victim’s ride, and the motorist did not report any injuries.
Police described one of the wanted suspects as having a light complexion and medium build.
He was last seen wearing a black coat and black ski mask.
The other man was described as having a dark complexion and medium build, according to cops.
The Big Apple has seen at least a 16% increase in car thefts so far this year — with 15,230 reported as of Sunday, Dec. 17, compared to 13,133 by that point in 2022, according to the most recent available NYPD statistics.
In
a chaotic late November case, Terrence Brooks, 37, allegedly stole a car in Midtown — but then crashed it into a taxi and jumped on top of a Cadillac SUV before he was busted, authorities said.
Weeks earlier, Queens man Mauro Chimbay, 43,
was thrown to his death while clinging to the hood of a BMW as he tried to stop thieves who broke into his car in broad daylight.