Crime & Safety
Masked Robbers Force Way Into Woman's Queens Hotel Room: NYPD
The armed men bound the woman with duct tape, police said.

LONG ISLAND CITY – Armed men wearing masks burst into a woman's hotel room in Queens, beat her and bound her with duct tape before stealing her iPhone and $100 in cash, police said.
The four men knocked on the 27-year-old victim's door at the Ramada Inn on Crescent Street, in Long Island City, at 4:45 p.m. Monday then forced their way into the room, the NYPD said.
The woman suffered minor injuries and was treated at Mount Sinai Hospital in Long Island City.
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The intruders were caught on hotel cameras before putting on their masks.
The first man is described as bearded and in his 30s. He was wearing a black hat, black hooded sweatshirt, black pants and dark shoes. The second also had a beard and is in his 30s with a gray hat, black coat, black sweatshirt, black pants and grey sneakers. The third is a heavy set man with glasses, in his 30s and wearing a black hooded sweatshirt, black pants and dark shoes while the fourth is in his 30s with a mustache and slim figure. He was wearing a black hooded jacket, dark green pants and black shoes.
Anyone with information in regards to this incident is asked to call the NYPD's Crime Stoppers Hotline at 1-800-577-TIPS (8477).
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