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By Michael V. Cusenza
Police have reached out to the public for help in identifying four men wanted in connection with an assault and robbery in Ozone Park last month.
According to police reports, on Sunday Feb. 19, around 9:20 p.m., the four suspects surrounded the 32 year-old male victim in the vicinity of 77th Street and 95th Avenue and assaulted him. They removed his AM/FM transistor radio and earphones and fled westbound on 95th Avenue. The victim suffered lacerations and bruising to his face, cops said.
The suspects are described as four black men, 16 to 20 years old, 5-foot-7 to 5-foot-10; last seen wearing dark-colored clothing.
Anyone with information is asked to call the NYPD’s Crime Stoppers Hotline at (800) 577-TIPS (8477) or for Spanish, (888) 57-PISTA (74782). The public can also submit info by logging onto NYPDCrimestoppers.com or by texting their tips to 274637 (CRIMES) then enter TIP577. All correspondences are strictly confidential.