Crime & Safety
Skeleton Sweatshirt Man Grabs Phone From Woman In Wash Heights: NYPD
A woman was walking near West 169th Street when a man snuck up behind her and snatched her phone, police said Tuesday.
WASHINGTON HEIGHTS, NY — A woman was walking in Washington Heights when a man wearing a skeleton sweatshirt snuck up behind her and snatched her phone, police said on Tuesday.
The 30-year-old woman was walking on West 169th Street between Broadway and Fort Washington avenues about 8 a.m. on Feb. 14, when a man came up from behind her and snatched her Galaxy cellphone from her hand, police said.
The man then ran off in an unknown direction, police said.
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The phone is valued at $900.
The woman didn't report any injuries, police said.
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NYPD described the suspect as a man between 30 and 35 years old, with a thin build, last seen wearing a black hoodie with a skeleton design on the front.
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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