Crime & Safety
Subway Breakdancers Assault Passenger, Police Say
A 65-year-old man was punched and robbed by two men who had been breakdancing on an F train.
MIDTOWN MANHATTAN, NY — The NYPD is trying to identify two breakdancers who assaulted and robbed a man while performing on the subway, police told Patch.
On Sunday, Oct. 1, two subway performers were dancing on an F train traveling through Midtown Manhattan when they stopped their routine to attack a passenger, police said. The dancers started repeatedly punching a 65-year-old man in the face and stole several of the victim's belongings, police said.
The attackers stripped the victim's watch from his wrist and stole his cell phone when it fell to the floor, police said.
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Police released surveillance photos (pictured above) of the two suspects on Friday.
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Anyone with information is asked to call the NYPD's Crime Stoppers Hotline at 1-800-577-TIPS (8477).
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