QUEENS, N.Y. (PIX11) — A bike-riding thief snatched a woman’s cellphone out of her back pocket in Queens last month, police said Wednesday.
The 25-year-old woman was walking near 81st Street and 102nd Avenue when the bike-riding suspect grabbed the phone from her back pocket at around 6 p.m. on Aug. 12, according to the NYPD. The victim was not injured.
The suspect was last seen on a bicycle on Liberty Avenue, police said. There have been no arrests.
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Mira Wassef is a digital reporter who has covered news and sports in the New York City area for more than a decade. She joined PIX11 News in 2022. See more of her work here.
