Six pint-sized perps – two of them only 13 – were busted in a violent knifepoint robbery of a straphanger inside a Midtown subway station early Tuesday, cops and sources said.
The three boys and three girls approached the 35-year-old victim, a stranger, on the N/R/W train platform at Fifth Avenue/59th Street around 3:15 a.m., according to authorities and sources.
One of the boys flashed a knife before grabbing the victim’s iPhone and a bag of clothes he’d been carrying, cops said.
Six teens allegedly slugged a 35-year-old man in the face and robbed him at knifepoint at the 5th Avenue/59th Street station, cops said. Robert Mecea
Three boys, 13, 14 and 16, were taken into custody, alongside three girls, 13, 16 and 18, sources said. Robert MeceaA female accomplice punched him in the face during the early-morning mugging, police said.
The youthful ruffians fled out onto the street after the attack – but weren’t on the run for long before cops caught up to them, sources said.
The boys, 13, 14 and 16, were taken into custody, alongside the girls, 13, 16 and 18, the sources said.
Charges were pending against the violent crew.
The attack came about a half-hour after a masked duo robbed a 63-year-old man at a knifepoint further uptown, cops said.
The pint-sized perps took off with the victim’s iPhone and a bag of clothes, cops said. Robert MeceaThe pair flashed a gun before grabbing the victim’s phone and $100 from him at East 98th Street and Madison Avenue in East Harlem around 2:45 a.m., police said.
The pair, last seen wearing black face masks, fled the scene.
The victim was not injured.
