Aug. 27, 2025 By Bill Parry

Police from the 102nd Precinct are looking for a moped-riding thief who targeted women twice last month.

Police say the first incident occurred at around 2:35 p.m. on Monday, July 14, when a stranger on a purple moped approached a 59-year-old victim in front of a market at 101-16 77th St. in Ozone Park. He then snatched her purse off her arm before riding off in an unknown direction. The woman’s purse contained a cellphone, $160 in cash, and two credit cards, police said.

The perpetrator struck again a week later, just before 7:30 p.m. on Monday, July 21, when he rode up behind an 18-year-old woman on the purple moped on Lefferts Boulevard near Metropolitan Avenue in Kew Gardens. He forcibly removed her shopping bag before speeding off in an unknown direction

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