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Young Men Turn West Village Mugging into Wig Steal
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Billy Parker
Published Mar 4, 2009
Modified Mar 4, 2009
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A gang of transvestite teenagers has been arrested and charged with mugging women in the West Village. Brooklyn's Jubril "Dominic" Faggins and Jhirad "Shanese" Powell are accused of robbing women in The Archive, a prestigious apartment building on Greenwich Street. After robbing a woman there in January, they then charged $3,639 to the woman's credit cards on wigs and women's cl othes and jewelry at stores at the Fulton Mall in Brooklyn. Powell told police, "It was Destiny [another transvestite] that told me to rob the white bitch. I grabbed the bag off her and punched her while Shanese was holding her down." The Post notes that the building the group would return to for another robbery is "the onetime home to Monica Lewinsky, designer Michael Kors and actress Jennifer Connelly. "
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