Crime & Safety
3 Teens Attack, Beat Up 12-Year-Old Girl In Wash Heights: Police
The three teens punched and kicked the girl, then stole her cellphone, police said.
WASHINGTON HEIGHTS, NY — A 12-year-old girl was attacked by other teenagers in front of a Washington Heights apartment building earlier this month, police said.
On May 8, at about 6:25 p.m., a 12-year-old girl was approached by three unidentified teenagers in front of 479 Audubon Avenue, police said.
The three suspects, described as 14–18 years of age, punched and kicked the girl, stealing her cellphone before fleeing the scene on foot, police said.
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The victim walked to NYC Health+Hospitals/Bellevue for treatment after sustaining minor injuries, police said.
The NYPD released photos of the three unidentified teenagers.
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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). The public can also submit their tips by logging onto the Crime Stoppers website athttps://crimestoppers.nypdonline.org/, on Twitter @NYPDTips.
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