Police out of the 104th Precinct in Ridgewood and Transit District 33 are on the lookout for a hood-wearing hoodlum who allegedly robbed a teenager onboard an M train approaching the Forest Avenue subway station during the evening of Wednesday, Sept. 11.
The 17-year-old victim was on a southbound M train at around 7 p.m. when a hooded stranger approached him and pretended to be carrying a firearm. The perpetrator demanded cash and then forcibly removed the youngster’s cell phone before running off the train at the Forest Avenue station.
The suspect raced down to street level on Fairview Avenue and was last seen running northbound on Forest Avenue toward Woodbine Street.
The NYPD released surveillance video of the suspect onboard the M train appearing agitated as he cased the car for a victim. He is seen wearing a black hood and is described as having a dark complexion and in his early 20s, approximately 5 feet, 8 inches tall. He wore a white t-shirt, green and white shorts and black Crocs.
Anyone with information regarding this robbery investigation 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 Crime Stoppers website at crimestoppers.nypdonline.org or on X (the platform formerly known as Twitter) @NYPDTips. All calls and messages are kept confidential.
Through Sept. 22, the 104th Precinct reported 156 robberies so far in 2024, seven fewer than the 163 reported at the same point last year, a decline of 4.3%, according to the most recent CompStat report.
Transit crimes are also down in the precinct with 14 reported so far this year, four fewer than the 18 reported at the same point in 2023, a decline of 22.2%, according to CompStat.
