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NYPD: Man snatches gold chain from 4-year-old girl’s neck in Astoria

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Aug. 14, 2016 Staff Report

The police are looking for a man who allegedly snatched a gold chain from around the neck of a 4-year-old girl and took off with it on Friday.

The suspect has been identified as Pablo Escobar, 22, who allegedly ripped the chain from the 4-year-old”s neck in front of the Won Won Laundromat, located at at 30-08 36 Avenue, at 6:15 pm on Friday.

Escobar is described as being Hispanic, 5’6″ tall, 160 pounds, with a light complexion, thin build, long brown hair and brown eyes. He is known to frequent the areas of Ravenswood, Queensbridge, and Dutch Kills Park at 36 Avenue and Crescent Street

A surveillance video of Friday’s robbery and a mug shot of Pablo Escobar from his most recent arrest on Friday, July 22, 2016, are attached.

Anyone with information in regards to this incident is asked to call the NYPD’s Crime Stoppers Hotline at 800-577-TIPS