Subway Robbery Spree Has Plagued Manhattan For 2 Months, NYPD Says

FINANCIAL DISTRICT, NY — Police are searching for two people who have hurt or threatened travelers in a string of robberies in Manhattan subway stations, the NYPD said.

At least two men have robbed people in underground attacks through August and September, police said. The first robbery was reported on Aug. 10 in the Bowling Green subway station where one of the robbers asked a 47-year-old woman for a dollar, police said. When the woman reached into her purse, the second robber pushed her head back and grabbed her wallet from inside her purse, according to the NYPD.

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The next day, just one of the robbers was inside a 6 train subway car at the 33rd Street station when he "smacked" a 12-year-old boy and grabbed his cell phone from his hands before running away, police said.

Last week, on Thursday, one of the robbers was on a southbound J train at the Delancey Street station when he grabbed a cell phone from the hands of a 20-year-old man on the train, police said. Less than two hours later five people, including the two people police are searching for, surrounded a 14-year-old boy inside of the Fulton Street subway station, authorities said. One of them grabbed the boy's phone from his pocket before punching him twice in the face, according to the NYPD.

The next day, Friday, both robbers again teamed up to steal a phone from a 16-year-old boy, authorities said. The boy was riding a southbound J train at the Delancey Street station. The men threatened to hurt the boy before grabbing his phone and then forcing him off the train at the Fulton Street station, police said.

Police released blurry surveillance footage of both men on Tuesday night and are asking for the public's help in identifying and locating them.

Images via the NYPD.