By Julie Shapiro
DNAinfo Reporter/Producer
LOWER MANHATTAN —A 14-year-old girl was punched in the face by another teen girl at the Wall Street subway stop when she refused to give up her iPhone, police said.
The 14-year-old girl victim, from Queens, had gotten off the 5 train at Wall Street about 4 p.m. on Sept. 21 when the 16-year-old girl followed her onto the platform and demanded her Apple iPhone, police said.
When the 14-year-old refused to give up her phone, the older girl punched her in the face, grabbed the phone and fled, police said.
Police are looking for girl described as black, 16-years-old, 5-feet-4-inches tall, 100 pounds, and who was wearing an orange baseball cap, jeans and a blue jacket.
The incident follows another one on Sept. 12 when a 36-year-old Bronx man was punched by an attacker who took his $200 blue Samsung phone.
The victim sustained a cut to his right earlobe, swelling on his right ear and a bruise on his right eye when he was attacked while walking on Fulton Street near Gold Street about 1 p.m., police said.
Police are seeking a man described as 30-years-old, bald, Hispanic and 6-feet-2-inches, 350 pounds. Police said he fled the mugging on a bicycle.
Meanwhile, a Financial District man reported that his Blackberry was swiped by an unknown man as he rode the R train uptown.
The 38-year-old victim said his blackberry was taken about 4:15 p.m. Sept. 15 by a man — who he could not describe further — who fled at the City Hall stop, police said.
Anyone with information is asked to contact CrimeStoppers at 800-577-TIPS(8477) or text TIP5477 to "CRIMES," or visit the website.
