2 Robbed While Watching Baseball Game on Bronx Sidewalk: Police

Police are looking for two men who robbed an elderly man and a woman as they were watching a baseball game from a Bronx sidewalk on Monday.

The men approached the 72-year-old man and the 47-year-old woman at about 4:25 p.m. as the two were standing on the sidewalk on Crotona Park watching a game, police said.

The suspects came at them from behind and pulled a chain off the male victim, according to police. They tried to pull a chain off the female victim, but were unsuccessful. The victims were uninjured.

The suspects fled and hopped into a Chevy Malibu with New York State license plate number GSY-7879.

Police released video of the suspects and the getaway vehicle. Anyone with information is asked to call Crime Stoppers at 800-577-TIPS. 

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