NYPD: Woman robbed on escalator at Jackson Heights subway station

Police are searching for this suspect who reached into a woman’s backpack while she was riding an escalator in the Jackson Heights transit hub to steal her cash and property. NYPD

14 August 2024 By Bill Parry

A 50-year-old woman using the escalator at the Jackson Heights–Roosevelt Avenue/74th Street interchange was the victim of a felon who reached into her backpack and stole cash and personal items while the victim was distracted.

Officers from the 110th Precinct in Elmhurst and the 20th Transit District are searching for the woman who rummaged through the victim’s backpack around 7 p.m. on Sunday, Aug. 4, taking her cellphone and wallet, which contained $300 in cash and a credit card, before jumping on a northbound E train that stopped at the station, police said.

The victim was not injured in the incident.

The NYPD released surveillance images of the suspect on Tuesday, describing her as having medium skin and dark hair. She was wearing a white T-shirt, red sweatpants and black sneakers, with a black shopping bag slung over her shoulder while wearing a black hoodie.

Anyone with information regarding this grand larceny investigation 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 visiting the Crime Stoppers website at crimestoppers.nypdonline.orgor on X (the platform formerly known as Twitter) @NYPDTips. All calls and messages will be kept confidential.

As of Aug. 11, the 110th Precinct has reported 673 grand larcenies so far in 2024, 15 more than the 658 reported at the same time last year, a 2.3% increase, according to the latest CompStat report. So far this year, the precinct has reported 31 transit crimes, the same number of cases reported at the same time in 2023, according to CompStat.

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