Teens Punch Brooklyn Woman in the Face During Failed Mugging: NYPD

Pictured: the suspects. Image via NYPD

WEEKSVILLE, BROOKLYN — Police are looking for two teenagers (pictured above) accused of assaulting and robbing a 27-year-old woman on April 28 in the Weeksville neighborhood, situated between Crown Heights and Bed-Stuy.

Shortly before 8 a.m. that morning, the teens approached the woman near the intersection of Schenectady Avenue and Dean Street and demanded her property, according to the NYPD.

When she resisted, police said, the suspects punched her multiple times in the face — then fled the scene empty handed.

Detectives described both teens as black kids between 13 and 15 years old. They are both about 5-foot-9-inches tall with slim builds, police said.

The first teen was last seen wearing a gray hooded sweater, red sweatpants and a light-colored cap, police said, and the second was last seen wearing black pants, black-and-white sneakers and a black hooded sweater.

Anyone with information on these suspects can confidentially report it via the NYPD’s Crime Stoppers website or anonymously call the Crime Stoppers hotline at 1-800-577-TIPS (8477).

Los hispanohablantes pueden llamar 1-888-57-PISTA (74782).

Tips can also be text-messaged to the NYPD by texting 274637 (CRIMES), then entering TIP577.

The attempted mugging described above allegedly took place in the NYPD's 77th Precinct. According to police statistics, through May 1, the amount of major crimes committed in the 77th was hovering around the same level as last year.

Police recorded 76 robbery reports through May 1, compared to 87 during the same period last year.

However, records show that felony assaults have increased: There were 106 reports from January through the end of April last year, compared to 121 reports during the same period this year.