8-Year-Old And Trio Of Tween Toughs Punch And Rob Victim Near Fort Greene Park, Cops Say

Video via NYPD

Police have released a video of four suspects — ranging between ages 8 and 14 — who assaulted and robbed a 30-year-old man a block away from Fort Greene Park.

According to the police, the incident took place on Friday, November 25, 2016, at 12:30am in front of 191 Willoughby Street (between Ashland Place and Fleet Place) when the four kids approached the victim and demanded his cellphone.

The suspects then began to punch the victim, throwing him to the ground while removing his laptop bag, library book, and headphones before fleeing northbound on Ashland Place.

The first suspect is a female, light complexion, approximately 12-14 years old and was last seen wearing light colored pants and a green hooded jacket.

The second suspect is a male, dark complexion, approximately 12-14 years old and was last seen wearing a black-colored sweatshirt with “Brooklyn” in white letters, as well as light-colored pants.

The third suspect is a male, approximately 12-14 years old and was last seen wearing dark pants and a gray hooded sweatshirt.

The fourth suspect is a male, light complexion, approximately 8-9 years old and was last seen dark colored pants, and a dark hooded coat.

Anyone with information in regards to this incident is asked to call the NYPD’s Crime Stoppers Hotline at 800-577-TIPS or for Spanish 1-888-57-PISTA (74782).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.