Police After Man Who Robbed Church Ave Dunkin Donuts Customer

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Police are on the hunt for a man they say robbed a woman about to enter the Dunkin Donuts on Church Avenue before he hopped in a cab to make a getaway.

Cops say that on Monday, February 23 at about 1:15pm, the suspect walked up to a woman from behind as she was entering the Dunkin Donuts, located at 1700 Church Avenue, just across from East 17th Street. Just as she was entering, he grabbed her cell phone from her pocket and took off on foot, jumping into a taxi that then proceeded eastbound on Church Avenue.

The suspect, captured in the act on surveillance video shown above that was provided by the NYPD, is described as a 40-year-old black man with glasses and facial hair. He was last seen wearing a black jacket, a black hooded sweatshirt, blue jeans, black sneakers, and a brown knit cap.

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 or by texting their tips to 274637 (CRIMES) and then entering TIP577. Police say all calls are confidential.