NYPD seeks tips for lunchbox robbery reported in Tompkinsville on Staten Island

New York’s Staten Island. The NYPD is requesting the public’s assistance in identifying a person who has been sought for interrogation in relation to a robbery that occurred in Tompkinsville last month.

According to a statement from the NYPD’s Deputy Commissioner of Public Information, on January 28 at around 8 a.m., an unidentified guy allegedly approached a 26-year-old male victim on Victory Boulevard close to Bay Street and punched him in the face.

After allegedly using force to take the victim’s lunchbox, the unnamed male allegedly boarded an S46 MTA bus and left the scene. According to the police statement, the victim had facial bruises but declined on-scene medical treatment.

Call the NYPD’s Crime Stoppers Hotline at 1-800-577-TIPS (8477) or, in Spanish, 1-888-57-PISTA (74782) if you have any information about this incident. The general public can also provide tips by visiting X @NYPDTips or the CrimeStoppers website at https://crimestoppers.nypdonline.org/.

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