NYPD: Suspect with knife took sneakers from boy, 13, on Staten Island

NYPD: Suspect with knife took sneakers from boy, 13, on Staten Island

STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. — The NYPD is asking the public for help in identifying an individual in connection to a robbery that occurred in Port Richmond this month.It was reported to police that around 3:05 p.m. on Tuesday, March 17, 2026, a 13-year-old boy was approached from behind in the 1600 block of Castleton Avenue by an unidentified male who displayed a knife, according to the NYPD’s Deputy Commissioner of Public Information.