Crime & Safety

Man Flees Sunset Park Robbery Attempt: Police

Authorities are looking for the man in this picture.

SUNSET PARK, BROOKLYN — Authorities are looking for a man who they say tried, unsuccessfully, to rob another man in Sunset Park last month.

The man pictured above, approached the would-be victim on the corner of 44th Street and Fourth Avenue just before 1 a.m. early in the morning on Wednesday, July 6, police said.

He demanded property, but the victim fled the area before he could snatch anything, police said.

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If you know anything about this incident, here's how you 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.

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