UNION SQUARE — Two teens were arrested in two different subway stations last week after robbing and shoving people, NYPD said.
Ronald Fayson, 19, snatched an iPhone from a woman’s hand inside of a 1 train at West 18th Street and Seventh Avenue at 9:49 p.m. on June 26, police said.
Fayson then pushed the woman into a pole before fleeing, police said.
He was charged with robbery and is due back in court July 2. His lawyer did not immediately respond to a request for comment.
Earlier the same day, a 16-year-old approached a man inside the Union Square subway station and demanded money just before 6:30 p.m., police said. He then snatched cash from the victim's hand and knocked him to the ground, police said.
When police caught up with teen, whose name is being withheld by DNAinfo because of his age, he said, “I got the money in my pocket. That’s the money I took,” according to a criminal complaint from the Manhattan District Attorney’s office.
The teen was charged with robbery.
There was no apparent connection between the incidents, police said.
