Crime & Safety
Man Mugged for iPad at L Train Station in East Williamsburg: Police
A man and woman held up the 38-year-old victim at gunpoint, and took his debit, credit and Metro cards and an Apple iPad, police say.
WILLIAMSBURG, NEW YORK — Brooklyn police are trying to track a man and woman who they say mugged a man at gunpoint on the L train last month.
Around 4:30 a.m. Jan. 15, the duo, armed with a gun, approached a 38-year-old man on the L train platform at Morgan Ave., demanding he empty his pockets, police said in a news release.
The victim’s debit, credit and Metro cards and an Apple iPad were taken, and then the pair fled the scene, police said.
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No injuries were reported.
Anyone with information regarding the incident is asked to call the NYPD at 1-800-577-8477. Tips can also be submitted online or by texting 274637, then entering TIP577.
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