Man, 68, knocked unconscious in $2K theft at NYC subway station: cops

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Man, 68, knocked unconscious in $2K theft at NYC subway station: cops​



By
Amanda Woods


September 1, 2022 2:49pm
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Four young robbers pummeled a 68-yo man at the York Street F train station around 5:20 a.m. Monday and snatched his wallet, holding $2,000



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A young stickup crew knocked a 68-year-old man unconscious during a $2,000 robbery at a Brooklyn subway station — and a 16-year-old girl was pulled by the hair and bitten on a Queens platform hours later, cops said.
The older victim was inside the York Street F train station in Dumbo around 5:20 a.m. Monday when six suspects — who appear to be teenagers — hit him multiple times and snatched his wallet, holding the wad of bills, police said.
They also grabbed his cellphone, cops said.
The victim lost consciousness and suffered bruising and swelling to the left side of his head.
He was taken to Bellevue Hospital, where he was listed in stable condition.
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Footage released by police late Tuesday shows four suspects leaving the station through the turnstiles. Cops released photos of six people wanted in connection to the attack.

The six-person Brooklyn robbery crew remained on the loose Thursday.The six-person Brooklyn robbery crew remained on the loose Thursday.NYPD
One of them had some blue coloring in his hair, which was pulled back in pigtails. He wore a black T-shirt with the word “Chinatown” emblazoned in yellow.


Another wore a black T-shirt with the NASA emblem.


Then around 8:30 a.m. in Queens, a woman approached a 16-year-old girl on the northbound platform of the 39th Avenue – Dutch Kills station, cops said.





16-year-old girl punched, pulled by the hair and bitten on the hand in attempted cell phone robbery at Queens train station



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She tried to grab the teen’s cellphone, but the girl managed to hold onto it, authorities said.


That sent the woman into a rage — punching the teen in the mouth, pulling her hair and biting her on the hand, cops said.


The attacker — who wore a yellow T-shirt and had short, curly hair and glasses — fled after the attack, cops said.

A woman punched a 16-year-old girl in the mouth, pulled her hair and bit her on the hand inside the 39th Avenue - Dutch Kills station Monday morning, cops said.A woman punched a 16-year-old girl in the mouth, pulled her hair and bit her on the hand inside the 39th Avenue – Dutch Kills station Monday morning, cops said.NYPD
The victim was not hospitalized but was left with a large cut on her hand from the bite.


No arrests have been made in either case.


According to NYPD figures last updated Sunday, 1,488 crimes were reported within the city’s transit system — up from the 998 reported during that period in 2021.
 
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