Bible Belted: NYPD Seeks Thugs Who Beat Fordham Heights Man, Took Bible

August 17, 2011 11:46 AM

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NEW YORK (CBSNewYork) – The NYPD is hunting for a vicious trio who have been robbing folks along Creston Avenue in the Fordham Heights section of the Bronx.

The brutes are described as African Americans, aged 16-20. They may have a fourth accomplice.

1010 WINS’ Terry Sheridan speaks with the victim

Police say the thugs have struck three times in the same spot: 181st & Creston Avenue, just off the Grand Concourse. They’ve allegedly robbed people on July 23, August 3 and August 8. In all three cases, the muggings were in the early morning – between 1:00 a.m. and 3:00 a.m.

The August 8 attack was caught on tape and is shocking for its senseless brutality.

Watch the surveillance video:

The victim, a 64-year-old man, is seen walking into the lobby of 2100 Creston Avenue. He seems to graciously hold open the lobby door for the suspect approaching him from behind.

Once inside the vestibule, though, the first thug pounces on the man, putting him into a chokehold and hurtling him to the ground. That’s when the other muggers come through the door, one stumbling in eagerness to participate in the attack.

The goons then tug, punch and pull at the victim in an effort to get his belongings. One has a blue shirt turned up over their head, another’s pants are sagging low enough to nearly fall off, the first thug is wearing a yellow shirt.

The victim, who asked not to be identified, told 1010 WINS’ Terry Sheridan the thugs ripped his pants trying to get his wallet and cell phone out of his pocket.

The brutal trio also took his Bible.

mugging Bible Belted: NYPD Seeks Thugs Who Beat Fordham Heights Man, Took Bible

The victim of an alleged mugging holds up a pair of pants that were ripped apart during the incident (credit: Terry Sheridan/1010 WINS)

The victim said he found his credit cards thrown on the street a day after the alleged attack.

Anyone with any information as to who these suspects are is asked to contact Crime Stoppers. To do so, you can:

Log on to the Crime Stoppers website.
Call 1-800-577-TIPS (8477). All calls are kept confidential.
Text a tip to CRIMES (274367) and entering TIP577.

If caught and captured, what’s the appropriate punishment in this case? Sound off in our comments section.

Bible Belted: NYPD Seeks Thugs Who Beat Fordham Heights Man, Took Bible

sean patriot

Police say the thugs have struck three times in the same spot: 181st & Creston Avenue, just off the Grand Concourse.

I THINK I’LL GO HANG OUT THERE. SINCE THE COPS OBVIOUSLY CANT FIGURE IT OUT.
buford

My bullets have NO color barrier, only the sound barrier!
Johnny Dnagerously

Note to reporter of this story:

One key element that is missing from this story (and is probably quite easy to find out) is how the old man is doing. Is he OK? Is he in the hospital? Understood that this was a brutal attack, but some readers may be concerned about the man’s condition as well.

Jlin

Hey watch the “old man” comments. I’m not far behind and still feel pretty frisky.

stephen

The brutes are described as African Americans – wow – I would not have guessed!
sean patriot

jesus christ youre an idiot
Mucous Gargia

Rene, The black community needs to take charge and ownership of their racial problems. Until you teach your children to respect all people and adopt Martin Luther King’s mantra from his “I have a dream speech” , your people will continue to suffer. Education is the power to wealth and respectability. There is no shame in being poor,,,,,,,but there isn’t much pride either.

Xyr

This I 100% agree with. Can’t look towards white people for help. What can they do that they haven’t already tried. We complained, the laws got changed…nothing is perfect but we definitely don’t live in the 1940′s anymore.

It’s been PROVEN time and time again a black person can indeed get the same opportunity and aspire to be great in America.

It’s a problem of culture. It’s a problem of dumb parents raising dumb children with no moral foundation. And it’s entirely on us to solve and deal with.

Google Bill Cosby’s Poundcake speech. He basically laid it all out…

Becca

Louise got to my thought before I did. The fact that you know about those crimes means they are being reported and I would bet there are not white people on those boards “posterd-ing” about standing up for them because they are white. The criminals were black- address that problem insteasd of trying to make excuses. Fact is that there has been an increase in random “mob” attacks across the country- that should not be reported because they are black kids/people? Get a grip and stop making excuses- if you want to make this a race issue then how about the black community starts addressing thier kids behavior and racism against the white people they are attacking!
Morris

I pray that the perpetrators will open and read that book that they stole.
“All have sinned and fallen short of the Glory of God.”

I hope that a St. Paul conversion will change their lives.
God works in mysterious ways.

tv

Glock works in immediate, direct, and neutralizing ways……..

Smokyjoe

Glocks are ok for girls guns, but give me a 1911 45 cal that will break bones and take off body parts for real protection.

Sandspur

Reason number 9 million why gun laws make law-abiding citizens into victims of criminals. If these thugs had an expectation that their target was carrying a gun for self-protection, they would have probably thought twice before attacking him.
Quackers

Okay, Rene,
The suspects were CAUCASIAN, 16 – 20 year olds.

HAVE A NICE DAY, swamp-food. Let’s not profile. Let’s all buy into the commie agenda of being tolerant of others (who ARE NOT tolerant of us), and not profile the obvious plagues of society, but LET’S CELEBRATE in profiliing the MAN who makes dose terrible laws dat make us look bad !
RENE, is a product of jesse jackson and al sharpton and the aclu. Started out fine, but then was browbeaten and propagandized by the elite race-baiters and destroyed and disfigured beyond all human comprehension; and now you have Rene’s brain TODAY.

Jimmy

It is written, they were Black. You are lying out your ass

John Knight

good answer!
Greg

The word “Bible” is supposed to be capitalized. If it was a Koran I’m sure there would not have been such an error.

Lou Bator

You capitalized “koran” by mistake!
Jeff K

Yes, you always capitalize the titles of fiction books.

Yep

They dont care if they are caught on film. So what? Big freakin deal! Nothing will happen to them even if they are caught. Police arrest them but judges let em go. It’s called “catch and release”. Then they are free to be a menace to society.

mucous Garcia

SAD,,,,,,,,,,,BUT TRUE!!!!!!!!!!
SLIDINGINTOIT

THESE THREE ARE THE IDIOTS PRODUCED BY DESIGN, AND WHEN THEY CUT THE FOOD STAMPS, BY DESIGN, THEN, AFTER DAYS OR WEEKS…THEY WILL BRING THE TROOPS IN. THE ONES TAT ADMIT THEY ARE TRAINING, RIGHT NOW.

WAKE UP, ITS A PLANNED DESTRUCTION OF YOUR HOME.
DHS…IS NOT HERE TO HELP, THEY ARE HERE, TO DESTROY.

RESEARCH.

START WITH BUILDING 7.

SEE “SOMETHING”????? YES.

_______________________BUILDING 7_________________________

RESEARCH.

USE THE SEARCH BAR .

“SEE NATIONAL SECURITY ALERT”…

SLIDINGINTOIT

type “citizeninvestigationteam” into the address bar.

Research.

Ask yourself, once you get CLEAR ON THE FACTS of

_____________BUILDING 7____________

Why is it they have not informed me of this?

THINK.

STOP “thunking” START THINKING.

TRY.

wacker

yep liberal judges. don’t want to offend them. they want to make sure they keep having a job.
Scott

Related to what you are saying, which is true and a shame is this: My suggestion to rid America of illegal social drugs is to arrest and immediately incarcerate ANYONE found to be in possession of any social drug in any quantity. I am talking about street bums to judges, teachers, your mother/father, politicians, ministers…anyone caught with or using social drugs goes to jail immediately!
Don’t have enough jails? Take a page from Maricopa County (Arizona) Sheriff Joe Arpiao and erect giant tents to house prisoners, dress them in pink prison uniforms, herd them out to do public service work (call it chain gangs if you like) and be sure to inform the ACLU we’re serious about cleaning up America and they’d be well advised to stay out of it.
Griff in MN

Get a Concealed Carry Permit and save the police and judges some time. Also, remember: Dead men tell no tales. So it’ll be your word against – nobody’s.
Batman

Thank you, Mayors Against Illegal [and legal] Guns for disarming the citizens.

Are Bloomberg et al. counting on Batman to arrive any day now?
2inthehat

WHERE IS CHARLES BRONSON WHEN YOU NEED HIM?
Iconoblaster

People who want to make sweeping racial generalizations based on this incident need to get a clue. Thugs come in all sizes, shapes and colors. And folks who think the courts “coddle” criminals haven’t seen what I have, during 20 years working in criminal law. More severe sentences aren’t the problem…the courts (at least here in California….state and federal) impose mountains of time for violent offenses. Catching these miscreants more often is more important than just giving them more prison time, when we DO catch them.

Chris in Wisconsin

Shoot them

sean patriot

shoot YOU in the head assclown.

Louise Schultz

Nope, he can’t because he’s a product of public school propaganda.
Mucous Garcia

don’t bother to try to catch them ,as by taking a bible, they are only trying to turn their lives around. Plus the alledged victim is 64 years old. He’s had a good run and lucky to have lived that long.
the obvious

Perhaps because they were black, male, and between the ages of 16 and 20? This helps narrow the field for the authorities. They were not asian females between the ages of 45 and 60, etc.
Descriptions do not implicate entire races or genders, they help solve cases.
Louise Schultz

Hey Mike, how did you know about the white teachers having sex with their students or the man who decapitated his son? That’s right, you heard about because people were talking about it.

So get off your racial high horse!
Looneybin3

In response to the question above, these thugs should be given a mandatory vasectomy so they cannot reproduce more vermin like themselves!!!

Mucous Garcia

How about dressing them in military clothing and airdropping them into Afganistan?

sstressed

I love how black folks get all upset when a person’s race is mentioned. The reality is, black males commit so many crimes in proportion to their numbers, that it’s a disgrace. You should all be proud. Keep attacking the evil white man. That will help your young men pull their heads out of the bad place.

mucous garcia

What you have written is true and until black and liberal leaders can come to grips with the truth to deal with these problems, we will continue to become a 3rd world hellhole. We are less civilized than cannibals running around the south Sea Islands.

Tired ot Foolishness

So after that what do we do with the white criminals?

Guess Who

Libt ard idiot, they have to go thousands of miles to find one white who acts like hundreds of savage ne gro beasts do in your neighborhood every day.
Uncle Tom

Dose be Obama voters.
Idiots on film

Wow they are not to bright do they not notice the camera.These idiots should of just dropped there wallets with ID in it.In this economy do they think someone will not rat on them for a few bucks I think they will be wrong.Enjoy your last days of freedom .
All Suspects

No Rene, the black community can do better at taking care of the problems in their neighborhoods. How about first, keeping their young children off the streets at that hour of the morning. I’m sorry, but until these people start taking responsibility for their own, stop dressing like criminals, then their young teens ARE all suspects.

Tired ot Foolishness

All Suspects, I lve in a mixed lond island neighborhood and let me tell you there are just as many caucasians children on the streets “at the hour of the morning” dressed like criminals! as their are black!

Tired ot Foolishness

Gra pe A pe

Believe me they do!!!
Dan

Dressesd like criminals? Are there packs of white kids roaming around beating inncocent black folks “at the hour of the morning?”
ed

B.S. The black thugs would kill them. Nice try though

BLACK LEROY

OBVIOUSLY THESE EVILDOERS ARE VERY RELIGIOUS

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