WILLIAMSBURG — A 22-year-old man who gave a man an MTA swipe at the Hewes Street J train station ended up getting robbed by the moocher, police said.
The victim was at the train station on Sunday, June 7 at roughly 2 a.m. when a man approached him and asked to be swiped into the station, police said.
The victim swiped him in and the two started talking and walking toward the northbound platform, police said.
But once there, the suspect pulled out a black revolver with a wooden handle from his waistband and ordered the victim to empty his pockets, police said.
The victim handed over $10 in cash and an LG Optimus phone. The man then noticed that the victim had a Chase Debit card and demanded that they exit the station to go to an ATM, police said.
The man forced the victim to take out $500 and $40 in two separate transactions, police said.
Then they left, and the suspect took the victim back to the train platform, where he waited for the victim to board the next J train.
The suspect — who was described as 5-foot-8 and 180 pounds — then fled the station.
No one has been arrested for the incident, and the investigation is ongoing.
