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Man Robs Woman in Wheelchair on Flushing Street, Police Say

By Ben Fractenberg | August 12, 2014 8:15pm
 Police are looking for a man they say robbed a woman while she sat in a wheelchair at 142-41 Franklin Ave. in Flushing Monday afternoon, Aug. 11, 2014. 
Police are looking for a man they say robbed a woman while she sat in a wheelchair at 142-41 Franklin Ave. in Flushing Monday afternoon, Aug. 11, 2014. 
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QUEENS — A man snatched a necklace off a 50-year-old woman in a wheelchair in Flushing Monday afternoon, police said.

The woman was sitting in her wheelchair at 142-41 Franklin Ave. near Bowne Street at about 4:15 p.m. on Aug. 11 when the man placed his hand on her shoulder and yanked a chain from the woman’s neck, according to the NYPD. He then fled westbound on the avenue.

The woman was not injured.

Anyone with information regarding the robbery is asked to call the NYPD's Crime Stoppers hotline at 800-577-TIPS.  The public can also submit tips by logging onto the Crime Stoppers website at www.nypdcrimestoppers.com or texting their tips to 274637(CRIMES) then enter TIP577.