Crime & Safety
Two Men Rob $800 From Straphanger In Forest Hills Subway, Police Say
Two robbers pulled a gun on a 26-year-old inside the Union Turnpike F train station Thursday, according to police.
FOREST HILLS, QUEENS — Armed men stole hundreds of dollars from a straphanger boarding an F train in Forest Hills, police said Monday.
Two men pulled a gun on the 26-year-old man as he boarded a southbound train at the station on Union Turnpike and Queens Boulevard Thursday about 12:30 a.m., the NYPD said.
The pair stole a backpack, cell phone, clothing, and more than $800, police said.
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Police released photos of the two men standing on a subway platform, claiming that the depicted individuals may have a connection to the Nov. 17 robbery.
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).
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