Jeron Thompson
Two teenagers beat and robbed a Chinese food delivery man before blindfolding him and driving off with him in the backseat of his own car in Wyandanch on Thursday night, Suffolk police said.
Gao Ji, a delivery man working at Dah Wah Chinese Kitchen in Wyandanch, was bringing food to a Locust Drive home when he was attacked, beaten and robbed of $100 and the food he was carrying at 11:30 p.m.
Sixteen-year-olds Jeron Thompson of Wyandanch and Amber Edey of Wheatley Heights handcuffed and blindfolded Ji, put him in the backseat of his car and drove off, according to 1st Squad detectives.
While the they were driving, the teens made a sharp turn at the intersection of Colonial Springs Road and Foxwood Drive in Wheatley Heights, when Ji kicked the rear door open, rolled out of the moving vehicle, ran to a nearby house and called police. Thompson crashed Ji’s vehicle at the intersection of Westmore Place and Ridge Road, police said.
Amber Eddy
Ji was later taken to Good Samaritan Hospital Medical Center in West Islip where he was treated for non-life threatening injuries.
Thompson and Edey were each charged with robbery and unlawful imprisonment.
Police are seeking further help from an unknown witness who saw Ji escape from the moving vehicle. That person is asked to call the first squad at 631-854-8177.
