Crime & Safety
Two Men Steal Backpack With Laptop From 15-Year-Old: Police
The two men approached the 15-year-old boy in front of 98-31 Metropolitan Avenue on Nov. 14, police said.
FOREST HILLS, QUEENS — Two men attacked and robbed a backpack from a teen in Forest Hills last month, police said.
The two men approached the 15-year-old boy in front of 98-31 Metropolitan Avenue on Nov. 14, and one of them punched him in the face before they stole his backpack and fled, the NYPD said.
The backpack contained a laptop, a calculator, and a charger, authorities said, and there were no injuries.
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Police released images of the two men.
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 https://crimestoppers.nypdonline.org/ or on Twitter @NYPDTips.
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