Crime & Safety

Teens Attack Woman At Brooklyn 4th Ave Subway Station For $12

The group of four teens dragged the 22-year-old woman by her hair to the ground before robbing her, police said.

PARK SLOPE, BROOKLYN — Police are looking for a group of teenagers who attacked a 22-year-old woman at the 4th Avenue and 9th Street subway station for $12 last week.

Around 9:30 p.m. on Wednesday, Jan. 30 the four teens, three girls and one boy, came up to the woman on the southbound R train platform. They then dragged the woman by her hair to the ground and punched her before taking $12 in cash and running away.

The woman was taken to Methodist Hospital, where she was treated and released.

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Police described the attackers as three girls 12 to 15 years old and one boy around 11 years old.

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.

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