Cecil Richards is led away in handcuffs from the Midtown North precinct Friday night. There have been nine robberies in Central Park this year as of Sunday — four more than in the same time period in 2014 according to NYPD statistics. (Photo: Angus Mordant/For New York Daily News)
Manhattan
By Geoffrey Croft
A man wanted for several recent robberies in Central Park was caught on Friday.
Police arrested parolee Cecil Richards, 55 of E. 30th Street who was also wanted in a series of mid-town robberies.
On May 23rd, a 16-year-old was robbed in a brazen daytime robbery in Central Park. The incident occurred on a park path near 79th Street and Fifth Avenue at 4:00pm. Richards sat next to the victim on a park bench and demand his money. The thief got away with $18.
In another daytime robbery a 17-year-old male was walking inside Central Park in the vicinity of 60 Street and the East Drive on April 10, 2015, at 11:50am when Richards grabbed the victim by the shoulder and simulated he had a gun. He demanded his money.
The thief got away with $ 20 dollars.
Richards has an extensive criminal background having been arrested more than 30 times, according to police.
Police released a surveillance photo of the suspect Cecil Richards, 55 fleeing on East 60 Street after the April 10th robbery in Central Park. (Image: DCPI)
Richardson was charged with attempted robbery, unlawful imprisonment, and harassment, police said.
He was also charged in six other incidents:
Richardson was charged with attempted robbery, unlawful imprisonment, and harassment, police said.
He was also charged in six other incidents:
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