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One of the robbery suspects.
By Michael V. Cusenza
Cops on Monday reached out to the public for help in identifying two men wanted in connection with an August robbery at a Forest Hills subway station in which the thieves spewed racist remarks and called their 16-year-old victim a “Trump supporter.”
According to police reports and several published accounts, on Wednesday, Aug. 29, around 10:15 p.m., the two suspects approached the boy inside a southbound F train at the Forest Hills-71st Avenue subway station, made “anti-white statements,” and labeled him a “Trump supporter” while demanding his property. The teen complied, handing over his cell phone and $24 in cash before the pair walked out of the car and fled the station in an unknown direction.
Suspect 1 is described as a black man, 20 to 25 years old, 6-foot-2; last seen wearing a white shirt, black shorts and neon-green sneakers. Suspect 2 is described as a black man, 20 to 25 years old, 6-foot-2; last seen wearing eyeglasses, a black shirt, black pants, and black sneakers.
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.
