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Woman Robbed at Gunpoint After Not Forking Over 10 Cents, Police Say

By Janet Upadhye | June 9, 2015 3:26pm
 A 20-year-old woman was walking on Lexington Ave. when she was approached by men with guns, police said.
A 20-year-old woman was walking on Lexington Ave. when she was approached by men with guns, police said.
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CLINTON HILL — A pair of gun-wielding men robbed a 20-year-old woman in broad daylight after demanding she hand over 10 cents, police said.

The victim was walking near 25 Lexington Ave. on June 4 at about 1:30 p.m. when two suspects approached her and asked for 10 cents, police said.

When the woman said she did not have any change, both men pointed handguns at her, the NYPD said. 

One suspect then said, "Give me your phones," while the other grabbed the victim's $700 Pure Fix bicycle and fled with it down Lexington Avenue toward Classon Avenue, police said.

The second suspect followed shortly after, with neither stealing a phone, according NYPD. 

The woman was not injured and no shots were fired, police said. 

The woman told police the suspects appeared to be in their early 20s, describing one suspect as 5-foot-9 and the other as 5-foot-6, and both as weighing approximately 140 pounds, police said.

An investigation is ongoing, THE NYPD said.