Traffic & Transit
Video: Bed-Stuy Subway Thief Uses Chokehold To Rob Straphanger
A violent subway mugger was caught on video throwing his victim to the ground in the Utica Avenue station Friday, police said.
BEDFORD-STUYVESANT, BROOKLYN — A Bed-Stuy subway thief lunged at a random straphanger, put him in a chokehold and stole the cash from his pockets, video shows.
The subway mugger suddenly punched a 48-year-old man in the face inside the Utica Avenue A and C train station on Fulton Street just after 6 p.m. Friday, police said.
Video shows he then wrapped his arm around the man's neck and forced him to the ground as stunned straphangers watched and filmed, according to police.
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He then grabbed $200 that fell out of the man's pocket and ran out of the station, police said.
Police describe their suspect as a man in his early 20s, standing about 5-foot 6-inches tall, weighing about 160 pounds and las seen wearing a black t-shirt and jeans.
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Anyone with information about this incident is asked to contact police.
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