Cops search for break-dancers who robbed woman on subway
A pair of break-dancing thieves assaulted and robbed a 65-year-old straphanger on a southbound “F” train in Manhattan, police said Friday.
The two suspects were busting a move in the first car of the train around 7:20 p.m. Sunday when they turned their attention to the victim, according to cops.
They punched the man repeatedly in the face, ripped the watch off his wrist and grabbed his dropped cellphone off the floor before fleeing at the Rockefeller Center stop, officials said.
The bruised victim was able to continue riding to his work place, where he called police, according to investigators.
One suspect is described as wearing a red hooded sweatshirt, blue pants and a black bookbag; the other was dressed in a a gray sweatshirt with an American flag on the front and black pants.