Mugger Flashes Piece On The A Train, Steals iPhone 6

By

Jen Chung

Published Feb 19, 2015

Modified Feb 19, 2015

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The police are hoping the public can help them find two robbery suspects who targeted a subway rider in Manhattan.

According to the NYPD, this happened on a southbound A train last Friday, February 13th, at 12:30 p.m.: The 26-year-old male victim was approached by another rider who asked to use his cellphone. Police say that when the victim said no, "the suspect lifted his sweater and showed the butt of a gun." Then a second suspect "went into the victim's pocket and removed his iPhone 6."

The suspect fled at Columbus Circle. The victim was not injured.

Anyone with information in regards to this incident is asked to call the NYPD's Crime Stoppers Hotline at 800-577-TIPS. The public can also submit their tips by logging onto the Crime Stoppers Website at WWW.NYPDCRIMESTOPPERS.COM or texting their tips to 274637(CRIMES) then enter TIP577.