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Woman Stabbed in Staten Island Cell Phone Robbery

August 25, 2012 4:58pm | Updated August 25, 2012 4:58pm
A woman was stabbed in the back by a man who was trying to rob her at Richmond Ave. and Lamberts Lane in Staten Island on August 25, 2012.
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BULLS HEADS — A 31-year-old woman was stabbed during a struggle with a man who robbed her early Saturday, police said.

The victim had just gotten off a bus near the corner of Richmond Avenue and Lamberts Lane, when an unknown man approached her, sources said.

The man stole her cell phone, and slashed her in the back around 1:37 a.m., an NYPD spokesman said.

The woman was rushed to Staten Island University Hospital North, and was in stable condition Saturday, police said.

No arrests had been made Saturday, but an investigation was ongoing, according to police.

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