Subway Phone-Snatchers Strike Twice On Same Day In Brooklyn: Police

PARK SLOPE, BROOKLYN — A pair of subway phone-snatchers struck twice at subway stations in Park Slope and Prospect-Lefferts Gardens on Friday afternoon, police said.

Their first victim was a 32-year-old male walking down the stairs to the 2 train platform at the Sterling Street 2/5 subway station around 11 a.m., according to police.

The boys grabbed his iPhone out of his hand and fled south on Nostrand then west on Sterling, police said.

Nearly two hours later, around 12:50 p.m., they approached a 23-year-old woman who was on a 2 train that was approaching Grand Army Plaza, police said.

They grabbed her phone, left the train and ran up the staircase, according to police.

The two thieves are described by police as teenagers, about 16 to 19 years old. They are pictured above.

Here's how anyone with information about the two incidents can report it to police:

Anyone with information in regards 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 Crime stoppers website at WWW.NYPDCRIMESTOPPERS.COM or by texting their tips to 274637 (CRIMES) then enter TIP577. All calls are strictly confidential.

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