NEW YORK, NY – Police in Queens have arrested a 16-year-old male suspect for a violent robbery and assault that took place in February. Several other individuals wanted in connection with the incident are still at large.
On February 19, a group of suspects, including a female, approached a 47-year-old man in the vicinity of 55th Avenue and 111th Street in Queens and knocked him to the ground. Once on the ground, the suspects repeatedly kicked the man while others removed the victim’s cellphone and wallet from his pockets. They fled in an unknown direction.
The victim was taken to Queens General Hospital for treatment of non-life-threatening injuries.
The 16-year-old suspect, whose name was not released by the NYPD was charged with robbery and grand larceny.
Anyone with information regarding this incident is asked to call the NYPD’s Crime Stoppers Hotline at 1-800-577-TIPS (8477) or for Spanish, 1-888-57-PISTA (74782). The public can also submit their tips by logging onto the CrimeStoppers website at https://crimestoppers.nypdonline.org/ or on Twitter @NYPDTips.