Man Choked Woman On Brooklyn Subway To Get Her Necklace: Cops

BROOKLYN HEIGHTS, BROOKLYN — Police are looking for a man who tried to rob a woman on New Year's Eve by choking her on the 2 train near Borough Hall station.

The man came up to the 24-year-old woman around noon as their southbound 2 train was pulling into Borough Hall, police said. He engaged her in a brief conversation, but then started to choke the woman and tried to remove her necklace.

The suspect fled in an unknown direction without the necklace.

Police describe him as a bald black man, about 35 years old, approximately 5'8" with brown eyes. He was last seen wearing a black jacket, dark colored shirt, blue jeans, white scarf, yellow boots and dark colored glasses.

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). The public can also submit their tips by logging onto the CrimeStoppers website at WWW.NYPDCRIMESTOPPERS.COM, on Twitter @NYPDTips or by texting their tips to 274637 (CRIMES) then enter TIP577.

All calls are strictly confidential.

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