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Woman Steals Cellphone From Man During Fight, Police Say

By Nicholas Rizzi | June 14, 2016 5:22pm

NEW DORP — A woman stole a cellphone from a man during a fight inside a Staten Island apartment building, police said.

The suspect got into an argument with the victim, 69, at about 10 a.m. on April 3 inside the Tysens Park Apartment, at 255 Mill Road, and grabbed the victim's cellphone from his hand during the scuffle, the NYPD said.

Security camera footage shows the two shove each other several times before the robbery.

Police described the suspect as a between 18 and 25 years old, between 5-foot 6 and 5-foot 8 and weighing between 120 and 140 pounds.

She was last seen wearing a dark-colored hooded sweatshirt and sweatpants, police said.

Anyone with information in regards to this incident is asked to call the NYPD's Crime Stoppers Hotline at 1-800-577-TIPS (8477).