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NYPD photo of suspect wanted for April 4th cell phone thefts.The NYPD is asking for the public’s help in identifying a man wanted for two cell phone thefts last month. In both cases, women were robbed as they held their phones while sitting on the subway. Both thefts
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Photo via ajhazell [https://www.instagram.com/p/9RyDyvEfi2/?tagged=brokeniphone] Over the last few months, our site has become a maudlin reliquary of iPhone muggings [/blog/crime/injured-12-year-old-is-latest-victim-of-recent-iphone-robberies-in-neighborhood/] in the neighborhood. And if you type “iPhone” [/?s=iphone] into our search engine, you’ll have plenty of crime news
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Photo by Tom PrendergastOn January 28, two male teenagers — one 15-years-old and the other 16 — were approached from behind by two males [/blog/crime/teenage-boys-attacked-in-one-of-two-frightening-slope-incidents-occurring-within-15-minutes/] in the vicinity of 8th Avenue and 14th Street. The incident took place just around the corner from the Pavilion Theater. The men took items
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The incident took place next to J.J. Byrne Playground. (Photo via Google Maps [https://www.google.com/maps/place/J.J.+Byrne+Playground/@40.6727319,-73.9838939,3a,75y,351.66h,94.73t/data=!3m8!1e1!3m6!1s-LLRNWv275gs%2FUNs7Y_oMGoI%2FAAAAAAAAVJE%2FcSxSw8q1GwU!2e4!3e11!6s%2F%2Flh5.googleusercontent.com%
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Photo via NYPDPolice are after a man who snatched a straphanger’s iPhone from a subway in our area last week. On Tuesday, March 24 at just after 8am, police say that as a 3 train was entering the Grand Army Plaza subway station, a teen shoved a 48-year-old woman,
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Police arrested Burshawn Quildon, 34, on June 12 for allegedly threatening a store clerk with a gun wrapped in a purple bandana as he stole three beers from the Organic II Deli and Grocery at 492 Classon Avenue. The clerk told police that Quildon entered the store at 7:45
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Don’t worry if the answer is no, because you’ve still got at least five years to get used to the idea. This week is the MetroCard’s 20th birthday [http://new.mta.info/news-subway-bus-new-york-city-transit-metrocard/2014/01/06/mtas-metrocard-turns-20] , but MTA [http://new.mta.info] spokesman Kevin Ortiz told
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After reading the news on Sunday of the October 15 cell phone robbery [/blog/crime/police-seek-suspect-in-cell-phone-snatch-around-25th-st-subway-station] that took place near the 25th Street R train stop, a neighbor contacted us regarding a similar theft that occurred on Sunday, October 6, when his wallet and phone were both taken somewhere between
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A neighbor had a scary run-in on the way to the subway Wednesday morning, and wanted to make sure others walking to Newkirk since the Manhattan-bound Cortelyou track closed are being vigilant. She says: > I was walking towards the Newkirk train station on Ditmas Avenue at about 8:45am.
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http://youtu.be/9JQ5ahwnO9k The NYPD is asking for the public’s assistance in locating a woman they say snatched an iPhone from an F train passenger and then ran from the train at the 4th Avenue/9th Street station. Police say the thief grabbed the phone from the 26-year-old
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The NYPD released photos of two men accused of robbing a straphanger of an iPhone on Monday, July 9. The incident occurred on a northbound Q train at the Kings Highway train station. If you have information about the men in the photos, call 800-577-TIPS. You can also submit tips