Teen Beaten and Robbed in Crown Heights

Teen Beaten and Robbed in Crown Heights

CROWN HEIGHTS — Police reported that on Saturday, October 26, around 7:45 p.m. at 363 Utica Avenue, an 18-year-old male was approached by a group of unidentified males that proceeded to slap, punch, and kick the victim several times to the face and torso before robbing the victim.

The group fled the scene in an unknown direction with $200 and a bike. The victim was taken to NYC Health & Hospitals/Kings County and is in stable condition.

NYPD requests to reach out with any information regarding the robbery. DCPI told Bklyner that no new information has been released on the case and investigation is ongoing.

Anyone with information in regard to the identity of the suspect is asked to call the NYPD’s Crime Stoppers Hotline at 1-800-577-TIPS (8477) or for Spanish, 1-888-57-PISTA (74782). The public can also submit their tips by logging onto the CrimeStoppers website at WWW.NYPDCRIMESTOPPERS.COM, on Twitter @NYPDTips, or by texting their tips to 274637 (CRIMES) then enter TIP577.