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Robbers
on the
loose
BY COLIN MIXSON
Police are hunting the
fi ends who robbed a young
woman in Borough Park on
Nov. 27.
The victim, 18, told police
the two crooks demanded her
cash on 60th Street near 12th
Avenue at 1:25 am, when she
pulled out her phone in an attempt
to call for help.
But one of the lowlifes
snatched her cell and smashed
it against the ground, according
to police, and surveillance
footage shows the crook
digging $270 out of the victim’s
wallet as she sits on the
ground.
The woman was not injured
during the heist, cops said.
Anyone who provides police
with information leading
to an arrest can expect up to
a $2,500 reward through the
NYPD’s Crime Stoppers program.
The public can phone
their tips to (800) 577-8477, log
into the Crime Stoppers website
at www.nypdcrimestoppers.
com, tweet @NYPDTips,
or text tips to 274637 (CRIMES)
then enter TIP577.
All calls are strictly confi -
dential.
NEW YEAR’S DESTITUTION
From left, shelter advocate Keiko Niccolini, her daughter Rayas, and shelter resident Angela McCall. Photo by Caroline Ourso
Bed-Stuy shelter residents have been given 30 days to scram, as the city
seeks to free up their cots for homeless men. Story on Page 3
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