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VOL. 109, NO. 28 FEBRUARY 8 — 14, 2018
Photo by Robert Stridiron
Crew of robbers
follows and
jumps victim
BY RYAN KELLEY
RKELLEY@RIDGEWOODTIMES.COM
TWITTER @R_KELLEY6
Police are searching for a group
of suspects who allegedly
followed a man off the L train
in Ridgewood and robbed him of all
his valuable possessions.
According to police, the incident
took place on Jan. 19 at approximately
1:30 a.m. aft er the 24-year-old
victim exited the L train at Wyckoff
Avenue and George Street. The
victim was followed by a group
of three males and females who
were also on the L train with him,
police said.
Law enforcement sources said
the group of six then attacked the
victim on George Street near Cypress
Avenue and demanded his
property. The suspects forcibly
removed the victim’s jacket, his
wallet containing cash, his Beats
headphones, a gold chain and a gold
ring he was wearing, according to
authorities. The individuals then
fl ed the scene running westbound
on George Street.
The victim then called 911 and
104th Precinct responded to the
scene; the victim sustained minor
injuries but did not require hospitalization.
Police said the victim
did not know the people who attacked
him.
Police described the suspects as
three black men and three black
women, all believed to be in their
20s and last seen wearing dark
clothing.
In a video released by police
from a Wyckoff Avenue deli near
the exit of the L train, the suspects
can be seen leaving the station in a
scattered group.
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