Armed Men Make Off With Thousands in Bronx Robbery: NYPD

Two armed men made off with thousands of dollars in an early morning robbery of two women inside the lobby of a Bronx apartment building, police said.

The two men entered the building at the corner of East 170th Street and Sheridan Avenue at about 4:50 a.m., approached the two victims, ages 28 and 31, and pushed them to the floor.

The suspects told the victims they were armed and took $6,000 and a cell phone from the 31-year-old woman, police said.

The two women were not injured.

The suspects, both about 20 years old and wearing jogging suits, fled on foot.

The NYPD asks that anyone with information about the robbery call Crime Stoppers at at 1-800-577-TIPS (8477). 

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