Crime & Safety
Man Snatches iPhone In Harlem Subway Station, Police Say
An A train passenger had his iPhone 7 snatched from his hands in the 145th Street and St. Nicholas Avenue subway station.
HARLEM, NY — The NYPD is trying to identify a man accused of snatching a cellphone from a subway passengers hands in a Harlem train station, police told Patch.
The 24-year-old victim was standing in and A train stopped inside the West 145th Street and St. Nicholas Avenue station when he was approached by an unidentified man, police told Patch. The man grabbed the victim's iPhone 7 and ran off the train, police said.
Security cameras captured a photo of the suspect as he was running out of the train station, police said. The suspect is in his 20s, stands around 5-foot-5 and has short hair, police told Patch. The suspect was wearing a white shirt with a Nike logo, blue shorts and gray sneakers during the theft.
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The victim was not physically injured during the robbery, police said.
Anyone with information is asked to call the NYPD's Crime Stoppers Hotline at 1-800-577-TIPS (8477) y 1-888-57-PISTA (74782) para Español.
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