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Muggers Strike West Village Bar Patrons, Police Said

By DNAinfo Staff on April 29, 2011 4:53pm  | Updated on April 30, 2011 9:23am

This is one of the suspects in a string of muggings on Christopher Street in the West Village.
This is one of the suspects in a string of muggings on Christopher Street in the West Village.
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Courtesy of the NYPD

By Tom Liddy

DNAinfo Reporter/Producer

GREEENWICH VILLAGE - A pack of muggers is preying on bar-goers in the West Village — striking five times in the past month, cops said.

The thugs, a group of one to five people, typically knock the victims to the ground after they leave the watering holes, assault them and make off with their things, police said.

All of the robberies have occurred in a two-block stretch of Christopher Street, near Seventh Avenue South.

The group first struck on April 11, assaulting a 28 year-old man on Seventh Avenue South and Christopher Street before making off with his property, according to police.

It's not clear what bar he was leaving.

Four days later, the perps attacked a 68-year-old man at Christopher and Bedford streets, knocking him down.

This is one of the suspects in a string of muggings on Christopher Street in the West Village.
This is one of the suspects in a string of muggings on Christopher Street in the West Village.
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Courtesy of the NYPD

Police said they struck again on April 25, going after a 32-year-old man outside of 57 Christopher St., which is where Kettle of Fish is located, and committed two more robberies over the next two days.

In the latest incident on April 27, a 26-year-old man was hit on the head by a man and a woman before he was robbed.

Police released the images of two of the suspects, and provided descriptions of three people they were looking for.

One is a woman, 30-35, with short brown hair and a heavy build. She was last seen wearing a grey hoodie, jeans and a backpack, police said

The other two were men. One was, 28-32, 5-foot-10, with a stocky build. He was last seen wearing a T-shirt and jeans, police said. The second was 32-35 with a lean build. He was spotted wearing a multi-colored vest and tan pants.