Crime & Safety
Gold Chain Ripped From Midtown Man's Neck: Police
The two strangers fled on a scooter last week, according to officials.
MIDTOWN, NY — Two men violently snatched a gold chain right off the neck of its wearer with such force that he fell to the ground, police said.
A gold chain-wearing 47-year-old man was walking on West 48th Street near Sixth Avenue on Friday at around 6 p.m. when two strangers crept up on him from behind, police said.
The two men, one dressed in a black balaclava, grabbed on to the necklace and ripped it from his neck with such force that the 47-year-old was pulled to the ground, leaving him with a minor arm injury, officials said.
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Police said that the two thieves fled west on a red moped with the necklace and released a photo of two men believed to be connected with the incident.
Anyone with information in regard to these incidents 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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