EAST FLATBUSH — For the third time in two months, a young boy has been forcibly robbed of his Jordan sneakers in the neighborhood, the latest in a string of similar thefts police believe are being committed by the same crew of teenagers.
Police said the most recent robbery happened as a 14-year-old boy was walking home from school on Troy Avenue near Rutland Road around 3:30 p.m. on Jan. 14.
As he passed the northeast corner of the intersection, multiple teenagers, approximately 16 and 17 years old, approached him and began punching him.
The suspects then forcibly removed his Metrocard, identification and Jordan sneakers and fled on foot.
The theft is similar to two others the occurred last month within blocks of the Jan. 14 incident, all to 14-year-old boys wearing the brand name sneakers while walking home from school in East Flatbush.
Police believe all three incidents are related and are on the lookout for a crew of teenage suspects in the area.
The above incident is part of DNAinfo’s weekly crime blotter made from reports to the 71st Precinct in Prospect-Lefferts Gardens, Crown Heights and East Flatbush.
