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Friday, July 19, 2013

Cell phone snatchers strike on subway

BRONX, NEW YORK, JULY 19- A pair of teenage subway riding cell phone thieves are being sought by cops.

Police released surveillance video of the teenagers who were seen sneaking under the turn styles at the East 174th street station. At around 10:45 a.m. on June 21, the victim was playing a game on her cell phone on the Number 2 train. The suspect was standing near the victim. When the door opened, the thief snatched the phone from her hands and fled with his accomplice.

Cops say suspect number 1 is a Hispanic male between the ages of 14 to 16. He is
5 foot 6 and 130 pounds with long brown hair. He was wearing a blue and red shirt, with a red and blue baseball cap, dark blue jeans and black sneakers.

Suspect number 2 is described as a Hispanic male between 16 and 18 years old. He is 5 foot 6 and 130 pounds with long, curly dirty-blond hair, wearing a white tank top, black shorts with white stripes, and black sneakers.

Anyone with information is urged to call CRIMESTOPPERS at (800) 577-TIPS.The public can also submit their tips by logging onto the Crime stoppers website at WWW.NYPDCRIMESTOPPERS.COM or by texting their tips to 274637 (CRIMES) then enter TIP577.

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