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Two robbed in Murray Playground last month, police search for suspects

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Oct. 9, 2014 By Michael Florio

The police are searching for two men wanted in connection with a gun point robbery that took place in Murray Playground (45th Ave and 21st Street) last month.

The two suspects entered the park at about 2:10 am Monday, Sept. 15, and approached a 22-year-old male and 22-year-old female. They displayed a firearm and demanded money.

The suspects removed a Samsung Galaxy cellular phone, a debit card, and $5 in cash from the male victim, and removed an iPhone and debit card from the female victim.

The suspects are both described as black males.

The police have released a photo of one of the suspects who using the male victim’s debit card at a Bank of America ATM, located at 2680 Broadway in Manhattan.

Anyone with information in regards to this incident is asked to call Crime stoppers at 1-800-577-TIPS (8477).

 

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Yawn

Why is anyone hanging out in that park at 2 am anyway? Sorry, PC people, I’ll be more alarmed by this incident if it occurred at 2 pm. The neighborhood is a very safe place, but that doesn’t mean people shouldn’t be stupid and not make themselves targets for crime.

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2:10 am

Only two kinds of people in the park at 2 am. Those robbing people, and those getting robbed. If you don’t know which person you are, you are the latter.

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