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The police responded to a report of a carjacking incident near the intersection of Granitville Forest Avenue and Richmond Avenue on Monday. (Google Map)
STATEN ISLAND, New York - Police are looking for three male suspects after a robbery in a McDonald's parking lot in Staten Island on Monday.
A spokesperson for the New York Police Department said on Tuesday that the alleged incident was reported at 1815 Forest Avenue near Richmond Avenue in Granitville before 4 pm.
The teenage suspect sat in a Ford Escape with the owner (a 17-year-old man, the police said he knew the suspect). One of them allegedly threatened to stab the victim, saying, "This is a gang—", The police said.
One of the suspects told the victim, "This is my car now", and then allegedly took the key from him. The spokesperson said that they also stole another personal item, the details of which were not initially specified in the report.
The male fled on foot for unknown reasons. Soon after, according to the emergency radio broadcast, a police chase followed. As of Tuesday, no one has been arrested and the investigation is still ongoing.
The incident is the latest in a worrying increase in the number of carjackings and GLAs reported on Staten Island in the past two years.
According to CompStat data from the New York Police Department, as of December 5, car thefts have increased by nearly 10% compared to the same period last year. According to Advance/SILive.com, by 2020, they have increased by 37% compared to 2019.
In this May 25 photo, a white Land Rover was allegedly stolen by a person near the intersection of Cromwell Avenue and Laconia Avenue. The car was found within a few blocks of Dongan Hills Avenue near Husson Street. (Advancing Staten Island / Jan Somma-Hammel)
Just after 3 o'clock in the morning on Sunday, a New Springville man was abducted at gunpoint near his home.
In September, two 18-year-old teenagers were arrested on suspicion of threatening a Chinese food delivery driver with an imitation pistol in Port Richmond and then attacking a cyclist with a vehicle while being pursued by the police.
In February, after the victim and multiple law enforcement agencies were hunted down, a carjacking outside the Dong'anshan Deli ended with the arrest of a young suspect in Newark.
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