Crime & Safety
Duo Snatching Necklaces From Women In Wash Heights And The Bronx: PD
A woman was walking near West 188th Street and Wadsworth Ave., when two men ripped a gold necklace from her neck, police said.
WASHINGTON HEIGHTS, NY — Men are walking up to women in Washington Heights and the Bronx and forcibly snatching their necklaces, police said over the weekend.
A Washington Heights robbery happened around 4 p.m. on Jan. 30 near West 188th Street and Wadsworth Avenue, when two men approached a 31-year-old woman and grabbed a gold necklace from her neck, police said.
The necklace was valued at $800, police said.
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The two men fled the scene, and there were no injuries reported, police said.
Earlier in January, around 5 p.m. on Jan. 20, a 44-year-old woman was walking near Creston Avenue and East Fordham Road in the Bronx, when a man walked up to her and punched her in the face, police said.
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He then snatched two Cuban necklaces from her neck and ran away, police said.
The necklaces were valued at $4,400, police said.
The woman refused medical attention at the scene.
NYPD, who released the first photo of the two suspects on Saturday, described the men as in their twenties with a medium build.
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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