Crime & Safety
Man Steals Cell Phone From Woman on UES Train Platform: Police
A woman's phone was stolen from her pocket as she waited for a Lexington Avenue subway on Friday, officials said.
UPPER EAST SIDE, NY — A man stole a woman's cell phone as she stood on an Upper East Side subway platform Friday afternoon, police said.
At about 3:40 p.m., a 30-year-old woman was waiting for an uptown 6 train at the 86th Street subway station when a man approached her from behind, according to officials.
The man then sneakily swiped her phone from her pocket, police said, and then fled the scene in an unknown direction.
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No injuries were reported, police said.
An NYPD spokesperson did not have much of a description to offer, only noting that the man appeared to be around 18-years-old, about five foot two inches and was wearing a sweater.
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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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