Crime & Safety
Citibike Headphone Snatchers Strikes West Village, Flatiron: NYPD
A pair of handlebar-riding headphone-snatching crooks have been on the prowl this month, police claim.
WEST VILLAGE, NY — A duo of buddies have been plucking headphones right from the tops of people's heads all over downtown Manhattan, police say.
The first incident happened April 6 on West Houston Street, near Hudson Street, when the pair stole a set of $550 headphones from a 27-year-old woman's head at around 5:30 p.m., police said.
Just a few days later on April 11, police claim the same pair was at it again in Flatiron, on Park Avenue near East 21st Street. A 23-year-old woman wearing $500 headphones found herself at a loss when the pair swiped them from her head at around 4:30 p.m., officials said.
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In both cases, no injuries were reported and police say the headphone snatchers fled on a gray Citibike.
Images show one person biking the e-bike while another rides in the handlebar basket.
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Police also released a video of people they say are connected to the incident.
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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