Cops are looking for a cane-carrying man who flashed a knife at a woman and stole her Apple iPhone 13 in a Big Apple subway station last week.
The 24-year-old woman was walking down the stairs into the subway at 7th Avenue and West 53rd Street around 7 p.m. Friday when a man “walking up the stairs displayed a knife and demanded her cell phone,” police said.
The man wanted for stealing a woman’s phone in subway. DCPIThe victim complied and handed her phone to the robber, who fled the station, cops said.
Police released video that shows the man carrying a silver cane in one hand while looking at a phone in the other.
Police say the man flashed a knife at the woman. DCPIThe individual being sought is described as a male in his 30s with a medium build, who was last seen wearing a black and white hooded bubble jacket and white pants.
Anyone with information in regard to this incident 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 CrimeStoppers website at https://crimestoppers.nypdonline.org/or on Twitter @NYPDTips.
Video shows the man walking with a cane. DCPIAll calls are strictly confidential.
