Crime & Safety
Woman Snatches Glasses From 2 Teens In LIC Subway Station: Police
A woman approached two teens in a Queens subway station and snatched the glasses right off their faces, police said Thursday.
LONG ISLAND CITY, QUEENS — A woman approached two teens in a Queens subway station and snatched the glasses right off their faces, police said Thursday.
The unusual robberies happened about 3:25 p.m. on Friday, Feb. 7, in the 33rd Street-Rawson Street subway station along the 7 line in Long Island City, according to the police.
Police said the robber first approached a bespectacled 19-year-old and grabbed her eyeglasses, leaving her with scratches.
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Soon after that, she snatched a second pair of frames from a 14-year-old girl and ran off, police said.
The NYPD on Thursday released a surveillance photo of the suspected robber.
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Anyone with information in regard to this incident is asked to call the NYPD's Crime Stoppers Hotline at 1-800-577-TIPS (8477) or for Spanish, 1-888-57-PISTA (74782). The public can also submit their tips by logging onto the CrimeStoppers website at WWW.NYPDCRIMESTOPPERS.COM, or on Twitter @ NYPDTips.
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