Suspects Rip Phones From Hands of Subway Riders Four Times in Five Weeks

Police are looking for four suspects who have stolen the cellphones out of subway riders' hands four times in the last five weeks at the same station in Manhattan.

Authorities released surveillance video that shows the suspects going through the turnstiles at the Sixth Avenue and 14th Street station.

Police say the most recent robbery in the pattern was March 3, when the suspects stole a Samsung Galaxy from a 33-year-old woman at the height of the evening rush. A day earlier, another Samsung Galaxy was stolen from a 38-year-old woman at the station shortly after 10 p.m.

The suspects struck twice on Feb. 10, taking an iPhone 6 from a 40-year-old woman and a Samsung Galaxy from a 48-year-old men. Those victims were robbed three minutes apart.

Anyone with information about the suspects is asked to call Crime Stoppers at 1-800-577-TIPS.

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