Three men distract Brink's truck driver, steal $300K in Brooklyn
A thief wanted by the NYPD for swiping $300,000 in cash from a Brinks truck in Brooklyn.
NEW YORK - The NYPD is searching for a trio of men who managed to steal $300,000 in cash from an armored truck outside of a bank in Brooklyn on Friday.
The brazen robbery happened at around 1 p.m. in Sunset Park, in front of a Chase Bank located at the corner of 8th Avenue and 55th Street.
According to authorities, a Brink's employee was making a bank money drop when two of the suspects approached him and began to ask for directions.
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While the employee was distracted, the third suspect managed to grab a bag of cash that had been left unattended on the bumper of the armored truck and ran from the scene, heading south on 8th Avenue.
The stolen bag reportedly contained $300,000 in cash.
Three suspects wanted for allegedly distracting a Brink's truck driver in Brooklyn and stealing a bag with $300K in cash inside.
The thief who managed to get away with the bag is described as a man with a light complexion and a slim build who was last seen wearing a black winter hat, a black hooded jacket, gray pants, and black sneakers.
The other two suspects who distracted the Brink's employee are described as a man with a medium complexion and a medium build who was last seen wearing a black winter hat with white trim, a black winter coat with a hood, gray pants, and black sneakers and a man with a medium complexion and a medium build, last seen wearing a black winter hat, a black face mask, a black jacket, black pants, black sneakers, and a black backpack.
Anyone with information in regard to this incident is asked to call the NYPD's Crime Stoppers Hotline at 1-800-577-TIPS (8477) or for Spanish, 1-888-57-PISTA (74782). The public can also submit their tips by logging onto the CrimeStoppers website at https://crimestoppers.nypdonline.org/or on Twitter @NYPDTips.
All calls are strictly confidential.