On January 12, 2012 at around 12:30 p.m., three college students on winter break were robbed at gunpoint by five youths on Mayflower Avenue, a half-block away from Holy Family Church.
The three students, New Rochelle residents who attend school outside of New Rochelle, told police they were walking up Mayflower Avenue from North Ave when they were surrounded by five men. One of the five produced a weapon. He aimed a gun at one of the victims as the other four rummaged through the pockets of the other two, taking cash, wallets, phones and iPods.
The five robbers then ran around the corner onto Mount Joy, got into a car and drove South.
NOTE: We had tweeted about this at the time based on the police scanner report but did not follow up with the details. Given the recent stories about robberies in New Rochelle and a h/t from the parent of one of the victims we are adding it to our list. For reasons not yet clear, this incident did not appear in our SpotCrime report. We are investigating as to why.