THE BRONX, N.Y. (PIX11) --- Two Bronx residents were caught with stolen phones in connection to the alleged robbery crew run by migrants, authorities said.
Alexander Dayker, 20, and Roxanna Sahos, 24, allegedly threw the phones out the window when cops raided their fourth-floor apartment in the building at 2970 Bronx Park East at around 6 a.m. Monday, according to court records.
The defendants were in a room with a keypad lock and were spotted tossing the stolen phones out the window, authorities said. Investigators found five phones at the scene.
"The phones are stolen. The phones were thrown out the window so that the police would not get them," Dayker allegedly told cops, according to the complaint.
The charges do not qualify for bail and the defendants were given supervised release, according to a spokesperson for the Bronx District Attorney's Office.
The defendants are allegedly part of a robbery crew run by migrants. Victor Parra, 30, who came to New York from Venezuela last year, is the alleged leader of the robbery crew that used mopeds to snatch phones and wallets from at least 62 victims citywide, police said.
Parra recruited his accomplices by allegedly blasting WhatsApp messages looking for volunteers, officials said. The texts would specify the phone models he was looking for.
The scooter operators made $100 a day and the phone snatchers were paid between $300-$600 per phone, according to NYPD Chief of Detectives Joseph Kenny.
Authorities executed a search warrant at his Bronx home early Monday morning, police said. But Parra was not home, police said.
Mira Wassef is a digital reporter who has covered news and sports in the New York City area for more than a decade. She joined PIX11 News in 2022. See more of her work here.
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