Crime & Safety
Man Punches 12-Year-Old In Forest Hills, Steals His Bike: NYPD
A man attacked a 12-year-old boy and stole his bicycle in a Forest Hills subway station last week, according to the police.
FOREST HILLS, QUEENS — A man attacked a 12-year-old boy and stole his bicycle in a Forest Hills subway station last week, according to the police.
The boy was on the 67th Avenue subway station's mezzanine level Thursday evening when a man came up to him and started punching him, the NYPD said in a news release.
The man took the boy's bike and ran onto a Manhattan-bound train, police said.
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The boy refused medical attention.
Police on Tuesday released surveillance footage of the suspect, who is still at large.
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Anyone with information in regard to the identity of the male 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, or on Twitter @NYPDTips.
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