Crime & Safety
Police Searching For Sunset Park Robbery Suspects
Do you have any information on these two men?
SUNSET PARK, BROOKLYN — Police are searching for two men who they say robbed a teenager and made off with his cell phone.
The 16-year-old boy was on 41st Street, between Fourth and Fifth avenues, last month when two teenagers came up to him and demanded his cell phone, police said Thursday.
Police said one of the teenagers "simulated a firearm" in the left side of his jacket. The boy gave them his cell phone, and they ran off, police said.
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One of the boys was a black teenager about 16 to 18 years old, of medium complexion, with a black afro, who was wearing a black coat, gray pants and black sneakers.
The other is a male with light complexion, about 16 to 18 years old, who was last seen wearing a black hooded coat, black sweatpants with a white stripe and black and white sneakers.
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They are pictured above.
Here's how you can report information to police:
Anyone with information in regards to this incident is asked to call the NYPD's Crime Stoppers Hotline at 800-577-TIPS 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 texting their tips to 274637(CRIMES) then enter TIP577.
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