2 Teens Arrested In Armed Palisades Center Mall Taxi Cab Robberies

HAVERSTRAW, NY — Two 16-year-old boys have been arrested in connection with two separate gunpoint robberies involving taxi drivers.

On Oct. 4, at 8:38 p.m., officers responded to a reported armed robbery involving a taxi driver who took a suspect from Palisades Center Mall to the Village of Haverstraw. The robber displayed a firearm, demanded money, and fled on foot.

On Oct. 10, at 9:47 p.m., officers responded to a second gunpoint robbery involving two suspects who again took a taxi from Palisades Center Mall.

In both cases the suspects displayed firearms, demanded money, and assaulted the driver before fleeing on foot.

On Tuesday, both suspects were located and arrested by Haverstraw police.

Both were arraigned in the Rockland County Superior Court Youth Part. Bail was set at $50,000 for the suspect charged in both robberies, and $25,000 for the second suspect charged in one of the robberies .

Charges include robbery in the first, Robbery in the second, criminal possession of a weapon and assault.

Due to the suspects’ ages, the Haverstraw Police Department saisd no additional identifying information will be released.