A masked mugger and his baby-faced confederate robbed Manhattan straphangers in three violent pre-dawn incidents on the rails, cops stated Wednesday.
The 2 brutes first focused a 60-year-old man sitting on a bench on the southbound No. 6 platform at Bleecker Avenue round round 5 a.m. Oct. 10, authorities stated.
They punched and kicked the sufferer within the head earlier than ripping about $65 from his pants pocket, police stated.
The attackers then escaped on an oncoming No. 6 practice, police stated.
In the meantime, the sufferer was taken to Bellevue Hospital for a reduce on his brow.
The violent hooligans struck once more round 3 a.m. Thursday – this time concentrating on a 58-year-old man on the forty second Avenue-Instances Sq. practice station, cops stated.
The pair pushed the sufferer to the bottom on the mezzanine stage of the station earlier than grabbing his mobile phone and pockets, authorities stated.
The suspects fled on foot and the sufferer refused medical consideration.
The callous crooks then made their manner downtown – subsequent accosting a 56-year-old man using a southbound No. 2 practice approaching Fulton Avenue round 4:30 a.m. that very same morning, cops stated.
They punched him within the face earlier than grabbing his mobile phone and about $80, authorities stated.
The muggers then ran out of the station, cops stated.
The battered sufferer, left with ache and swelling on his face, was taken to Bellevue Hospital for remedy.
The 2 attackers have been nonetheless on the lam Wednesday, as police launched surveillance video of the duo leaping a subway turnstile.
One was carrying a grey hoodie with a small skull-and-crossbones design, with a black masks masking the decrease a part of his face.
The opposite is proven carrying orange pants, a grey jacket and a black hat.
Anybody with info on their whereabouts is requested to name the NYPD’s Crime Stoppers Hotline at 1-800-577-TIPS (8477) or for Spanish, 1-888-57-PISTA (74782).
The general public also can submit their ideas by logging onto the Crime Stoppers web site at https://crimestoppers.nypdonline.org/, on X @NYPDTips.
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