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By Max Jaeger
Brooklyn Daily
62nd Precinct
Bensonhurst—Bath Beach
Express to jail
Police arrested a straphanger who allegedly stole a fellow transit rider’s phone as the two rode an N train on Oct. 1.
When the train pulled into the 86th Street Station at Avenue U and W. Seventh Street in Gravesend at 9:38 am, the thief allegedly tried to slap a Samsung Galaxy 3 from his victim’s hand, police said.
The smack didn’t work, so police say the suspect ripped it from the man’s grip and jumped out of the train, a police report states. The victim started chasing his aggressor, which got nearby cops’ attention, law enforcement sources said.
Police nabbed the alleged snatcher a block away on W. Eighth Street, but they did not recover the phone, police said.
Dial ‘T’ for thievery
A guy snatched a woman’s phone while she was walking at the intersection of W. Fourth Street and Avenue T in Gravesend on Oct. 1.
The man ran up behind her at 3:30 pm and grabbed her phone before fleeing southbound on Van Sicklen Street, police said. The victim did not get a good look at the thief’s face, a police report states.
— Max Jaeger