Crime & Safety
11-Year-Old Mugged In Atlantic Terminal Subway, Cops Say
Police are looking for the man who grabbed an 11-year-old boy's cellphone earlier this month.
BROOKLYN, NEW YORK -- A subway mugger targeted an 11-year-old boy in the Atlantic Terminal station and ran off with his cellphone, police said.
The suspect snuck up behind the boy as he boarded a train at the Atlantic Avenue station underneath the Barclays Center at about 1:45 p.m. on Oct. 7, said police.
Video released by police Tuesday night shows the man lunging at the phone, turning and dashing across the platform.
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Police are now looking for a young man in his late teens, standing at about 5-foot 10-inches and last seen wearing a blue hoodie, black pants and black and gold sneakers.
Anyone with information about this incident is asked to contact police.
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