STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. — A 29-year-old man from West Brighton is accused of committing gunpoint robberies in his home borough and in Queens, including a disturbing heist where a 17-year-old subway rider was forced to take money out of a bank.

Robert Petty of Delafield Avenue was arrested on Nov. 27 in Queens after police previously asked for tips in the alleged heist against the teen that began at the Kew Gardens/Union Turnpike subway station on Oct. 29 around 7:30 p.m.

Closer to home, Petty was apprehended on Nov. 24 for a robbery on Oct. 6 at about 5:30 a.m. on Corson Avenue near Jersey Street in New Brighton, according to the criminal complaint.

In the heist on Staten Island, court documents allege that Petty held a black firearm in his hand and said to the victim, “Give me your money.”

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