Police from the 109th Precinct in Flushing are looking for a trio of turnstile-jumping, chain-snatching robbers who targeted a 7 train rider at the Main Street subway station late last month.
The incident took place on the night of Thursday, Sept. 26, when a 24-year-old man was walking through the Main Street-Flushing subway station just before 8 p.m. Three strangers confronted him, snatched two gold chains from his neck and fled in an unknown direction, according to police. The victim was not injured in the robbery.
The NYPD released a surveillance video that shows the three suspects jumping the turnstile at the Main Street subway station. All three wore dark masks and hoods to hide their identities. One wore a black vest over a black hoodie and black sweatpants. The second assailant wore a gray New York Yankees hooded sweatshirt and ripped jeans, while the third man wore a red hooded sweat jacket, black sweatpants and white sneakers.
A reward of up to $3,500 is being offered for information that leads to their arrest.
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. 29, the 109th Precinct has reported 982 grand larcenies so far in 2024, 50 fewer than the 1,32 reported at the same point last year, a decline of 4.8%, according to the most recent CompStat report. Transit crimes are also down in the precinct, with 22 reported so far this year, two fewer than the two dozen reported at the same point last year, a decrease of 8.3%, according to CompStat.
