NEW YORK (1010 WINS) — Police on Friday released a photo of a suspect for stealing a coat from a teen boy on a Midtown street earlier this month.
At approximately 2:30 p.m., on Monday, Jan. 8, a 14-year-old boy was walking in the vicinity of 8th Avenue and West 43rd Street, when the suspect approached him, simulated a firearm, and forcibly stole the coat valued at $1,200, officials said.
The suspect fled on foot to parts unknown. The victim was not injured in this incident.
Anyone with information in regard to this incident is asked to call the NYPD’s Crime Stoppers Hotline at 1-800-577-TIPS (8477).