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Man Follows Victim Into Sunnyside Building and Mugs Him, Police Say

By Jeanmarie Evelly | March 11, 2016 3:21pm | Updated on March 14, 2016 8:19am
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SUNNYSIDE — Police are looking for a suspect who robbed a man in Queens, threatening him with a sharp object and stealing $200 in cash. 

The mugger — who was captured on surveillance footage — followed the 56-year-old victim into a building near 51st Street and 39th Avenue just after 9 p.m. on Feb. 26, according to the NYPD.

The suspect pointed a sharp object at the man and demanded his cash, then fled, police said. The victim wasn't injured.

Anyone with information is asked to call the NYPD's Crime Stoppers Hotline at 1-800-577-TIPS (8477) or 1-888-57-PISTA (74782) for Spanish.