Crime & Safety
Purse-Snatcher Attacks Woman On Park Slope Subway Platform: Police
Police say a woman was involved with a struggle with a would-be robber Friday morning at an Atlantic Avenue Subway platform.
PARK SLOPE, BROOKLYN — A man attempted to rob a woman on a Park Slope subway platform early Friday morning, police say.
At about 8 a.m. Friday, a 58-year-old woman was standing on a Manhattan-bound 2 train platform at Atlantic Avenue, according to police, when an unidentified person approached her.
The person attempted to grab the woman's purse, police said, and a brief physical struggle ensued, ending with the woman pushed on the ground.
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Police said the suspect fled in an unknown direction without the purse, and that the woman was treated for a dislocated shoulder.
Officials describe the suspect as a male, about 45-year-old, five foot eight inches tall and with black hair.
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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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