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Queens rideshare driver robbed at knifepoint

NEW YORK, NY – A rideshare driver was robbed at knifepoint this week. Now, police are asking the public to help identify the suspect.

Police in Queens are investigating a knifepoint robbery that occurred Monday evening when a 19-year-old rideshare driver arrived to pick up a passenger who didn’t want a ride, just his money.

An unidentified male customer was picked up by the driver in the vicinity of 179th Street at approximately 7:15 pm, according to detectives from the 103rd Precinct.

“When the 19-year-old male driver arrived at the area, the individual displayed a knife and forcibly removed $400.00 from him,” the NYPD said in a statement today. “The male then fled northbound on foot on 179 Street.”

The driver, who was not identified, was not injured. No arrests have been made.

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.

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