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Cops: 12 Teen Girls Assaulted Two Other Girls On 4 Train, Stole Cell Phone And French Fries
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Jen Chung
Published May 3, 2012
Modified May 3, 2012
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The NYPD is asking for the public's help in identifying 12 teenaged suspects accused of robbing and assaulting two other teen girls on a southbound 4 train in March. There was hair-pulling and French fries-stealing.
Police say the incident on March 31st happened in the 46th Precinct: At 3:15 a.m., two 16-year-old girls were sitting on the train when a large group of teen girls approached them. The group "began to taunt the victims and assault them. The group then took one of the victim's french fries and then pulled them, by the hair, off the train at the East 176 Street stop where the group removed one of the victim's cell phone."
While the victims refused medical attention, one of them did manage to take some video of the group (below). The victims also said they didn't know any of the girls in the group. Here's how the police describe the suspects:
#1: F/B/17 wearing grey sweatpants and a pink shirt.
#2: F/B/17 wearing a pink sweatshirt, blue jeans and a black tee shirt with white writing on it.
#3: F/B/17 with long blonde hair wearing a black bubble jacket and white jeans.
#4: F/B/17 wearing a maroon Holister tee shirt with white writing, blue denim jacket and in possession of a green purse. She also had blonde stripes in the back of her hair.
#5: F/B/18 wearing a red jacket and olive green baseball hat.
#6: F/B/17, heavy set, wearing a black t-shirt, grey jeans and a purple scarf.
#7: F/B/17 wearing a purple sweatshirt, blue denim jacket, light jeans and white sneakers.
#8: F/B/18 wearing a white tee shirt, blue jacket and a mesh hat with white writing on it.
#9: F/B/18 wearing a blue tee shirt, grey sweatshirt and white sneakers.
#10: F/H/17 wearing a tan jacket, light jeans and black knee high boots.
#11: F/H/15, heavy set with blonde hair in a bun, wearing a pink sweatpants, pink sweatshirt and a blue denim jacket.
#12: F/B/15, heavy set, wearing a purple Polo shirt with two yellow stripes and a yellow #5 on it, and light blue jeans.
Anyone with information in regards to this robbery is asked to call the NYPD's Crime Stoppers Hotline at 800-577-TIPS. The public can also submit their tips by logging onto the Crime Stoppers Website at WWW.NYPDCRIMESTOPPERS.COM or texting their tips to 274637(CRIMES) then enter TIP577.
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Jen Chung
Jen Chung is a former WNYC and Gothamist editor.
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