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String of Muggings on Northbound J Trains, Police Say

By Gwynne Hogan | May 14, 2015 7:32pm
 Police are looking for five suspects they say are involved in three different robberies on the J trian.
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QUEENS — A group of knife-wielding robbers are terrorizing J train passengers, police said.

The authorities are on the hunt for a group of five suspects they say are involved in a series of three knifepoint muggings that took place last Friday and Sunday, all on northbound J trains, police said.

The first incident took place on May 8, around 2:40 p.m. near the Jamaica Avenue and 111st Street station, police said. A male suspect whipped out a knife and threatened a 25-year-old woman on board. She surrendered her cash and MetroCard, and the man fled the train towards the mezzanine, police said.

The next two robberies happened just before 2 p.m. on Sunday, police said. 

Three men and a woman approached an 18-year-old man on the subway near Jamaica Avenue and 121st Street station, police said. The group flashed a knife then clocked him on the side of the face. They took his iPhone 6 and a shopping bag that contained a jacket, a Gucci belt and Jordan sneakers, police said. 

In the last mugging, the suspects attacked a 47-year-old man who was watching a movie near the Cleveland Street stop. Two suspects approached him and asked for his cell phone. When the victim refused, one of the pair punched him in the face and the other whipped out a knife and grabbed his iPhone 5.

The perpetrators stayed on the train while the victim fled onto the subway platform, police said. 

All three victims refused medical attention, police said. 

Anyone with information is asked to call Crime Stoppers at 1-800-577-TIPS.